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To Live

starring: You Ge, Li Gong, Ben Niu, Xiao Cong, Deng Fei
directed by: Yimou Zhang

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792856276
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792856279
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 01, 2003
Running Time: 125 minutes
Sales Rank: 3270
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1994



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Amazon.com:
One of the best films of 1994, To Live is a bold, energetic masterpiece from Zhang Yimou, the foremost director from China's influential 'fifth generation' of filmmakers. Continuing his brilliant collaboration with China's best-known actress Gong Li (their previous films include Ju Dou and Raise the Red Lantern), Zhang weaves an ambitious tapestry of personal and political events, following the struggles of an impoverished husband and wife (Ge You, Gong Li) from their heyday in the 1940s to the hardships that accompanied the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s. They raise two children amidst a Communist regime, surviving numerous setbacks and yet managing, somehow, to live. Both intimate and epic, Zhang's film encompasses the simplest and most profound realities of Chinese life during this controversial period, and for their honesty, Zhang and Gong Li faced a two-year ban on future collaborations. To Live is a testament to their art, transcending politics to celebrate the tenacity of ordinary people in the wake of turbulent history. --Jeff Shannon



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Famine not explicitly portrayed
There is a subtle emphasis on food in the two movies of Yimou Zhang that I have seen, but no plain ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Horrors of communism unveiled
This is a fabulous movie and a testimony to the ability of Chinese film makers to tell the story. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Inocence and generosity
If any of these virtues exist, it is in this movie. Great actors, I acclaim them, from the child to ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Chinese history comes alive
"To Live" was recommended to me by a friend who heard I was reading the biography of Mao Tse Tung. The ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - BEST. MOVIE. EVER.
An amazing movie. It is one of Gong Li and Zhang Yimou's greatest collaboration. You must see it.

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