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China · 1997
Rated NR ·
Director Lu Wei
Starring Li Po Lung
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This epic set in medieval China tells the story of a mother searching for her infant, who was kidnapped by warriors.
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The New York Times by Dave Kehr
The landscape photography is magnificent...But its stereotypical characters, melodramatic plotting and audience-pleasing close-ups of adorable children all suggest the profound limitations of filmmaking by committee, whether that committee meets in Beijing or Burbank.
A reticent, primarily visual experience.
A slowly inspiring saga of blood, sweat and horse dung, played with conviction.
The plot is neither here nor there, but you have to see this for the luscious cinematography by Chi Xiaoning, who loves shades of blue and amber.