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{ Getting home (Luo ye gui gen) / 落叶归根 }

Getting home Getting home   Getting home   Getting home
Language: Chinese Director: Yang Zhang Running time: 110 min Release year: 2007
Cast: Benshan Zhao, Hong Qiwen, Jun Hu, Degang Guo, Ma Wu, Tao Guo, Chen Ying

Movie Review:

“Getting Home” is a quintessential road movie set within the rural backdrop of China. Directed by Yang Zhang (Spicy Love Soup, Shower, Sunflower), the film tells a simplistic, but heart warming, story centered around a peasant and his dead friend. A gentle black comedy of sorts, the humor level will catch you off guard, while the journey itself lures you into the world of Zhao and Liu Quanyou.

For four years, Zhao and Liu Quanyou worked together in a big city factory. The friends often drank together and talked about life, including their innermost fears. Zhao was afraid of dying alone in the big city and away from his family. His friend, Liu Quanyou, promised that if he did pass away he would take his body back to his hometown.

*Nominated for best picture, and best actor at 44th Golden Horse Awards (regarded as Chinese Academy Awards) and won the Audience Choice Award.
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