Back to 1942 (2012)
Back to 1942 (2012)
720p Bluray Rip | MKV | 1280 x 536 | x264 @ 4359 Kbps | 146 min | 6,00 Gb
Audio: Chinese DTS 5.1 @ 1536 Kbps | Subs: English, Chinese S/T
Genre: Drama
720p Bluray Rip | MKV | 1280 x 536 | x264 @ 4359 Kbps | 146 min | 6,00 Gb
Audio: Chinese DTS 5.1 @ 1536 Kbps | Subs: English, Chinese S/T
Genre: Drama
A North Henan landlord embarks on a pilgrimage to Shaanxi province during the 1942 famine, struggling to survive as war with Japan looms on the horizon. His house beset by starving villagers, Landlord Fan endeavors to calm the crowd by preparing a feast. But his house is burned down in the chaos, prompting Fan, his teenage daughter Xing Xing, his servant Shuang Zhu, and his tenant Hua Zhi on a treacherous journey south. Along the way, encounters with an American journalist, a judge, and a priest who has lost his faith reveal the true depth of the despair that grips the country. But the hardships along the way prompt Fan to make some devastating sacrifices that leave him a broken man.
IMDB
Before I went to watch this movie, I thought it might be another attempt by another Chinese director to win western market. I thought it might be another hero, a weird martial arts movie that surprisingly pleased western market but not me, a Chinese who grew up with martial arts culture.
How wrong I was, this movie was all about Chinese: government corruption, Chinese fighting Chinese, and bureaucratism, the movie showed them all, and more importantly, real. This movie does not only have the stunning visuals all the big budget Hollywood movies have, but it also has an amazing way of telling history. The movie showed the how cruel a war could be, by telling story of a rich family in Henan province at 1942, when there were a drought and a war threatening. The overall tone was serious, but you will be laughing at some little humors now and then.
I would definitely suggest this movie to anyone who is interested in Chinese culture. For it displayed a real china, unpleasant, even sad, but its real.IMDB Reviewer
Back to 1942 (2012)
Back to 1942 (2012)
Back to 1942 (2012)
Back to 1942 (2012)
Back to 1942 (2012)
