Sunday, February 11, 2007

Getting Home (2007 film)

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Getting Home  (落叶归根) is a  2007 Chinese black-comedy film directed by Yang Yang (张杨), starring Zhao Benshan (赵本山)

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  • Movie: Getting Home / 落叶归根 (2007) 
  • Director: Yang Yang (张杨)
  • Producer: Wouter Barendrecht , Er Yong (二勇) , Peter Loehr
  • Writer: Wang Yao (王要) , Zhang Yang (张杨)
  • Cinematographer : Nelson Yu (余力为) , Lai Yiu-Pai (黎耀辉)
  • Production Designer : Misti Boland
  • Art Direction :Sally Cummings
  • Release Date : February 11 , 2007 (Berlin)
  • Runtime : 90 min
  • Genre : Comedy
  • Language: Mandarin
  • Country: China

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Based on a true story from 2005, the plot of this tragicomedy may be reminiscent of The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada by Tommy Lee Jones, but it's told in a very Chinese way.
After a migrant worker – migrant workers have been the hot topic in Chinese movies and literature of late – named Lao Zhao (Zhao Benshan) watches his close friend die from drinking, he embarks on a long journey to carry his friend's body to his distant hometown in the Three Gorges area (yet another hot topic for Chinese filmmakers). On the road, Zhao comes across different people and many hardships. The audience follows the adventures that this sometimes tragic, sometimes comic figure experiences during his journey, as he encounters characters from the lowest rungs of society.

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyzLzOC2Z5s&w=590]

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