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Original Title: 我的父亲母亲 Directed by: Zhang Yimou Written by: Bao Shi Cinematography: Hou Yong Music by: San Bao Country: China Genres: Drama, Romance Duration: 89 min Release Dates: 16 Oct. 1999 (China), 15 Feb. 2000 (Berlin), 5 Nov 2000 (Tokyo) Filming Dates: Late 1998 – Early 1999 Filming Locations: China Synopsis: City businessman Luo Yusheng returns to his home village in North China for the funeral of his father, the village teacher. He finds his elderly mother insisting that all the traditional burial customs be observed, despite the fact that times have changed so much, and that it involves many people carrying his father’s body back to the village – the road home. As Yusheng debates the complications involved in organising such a big feat, he remembers the magical story of how his father and mother first met and got together. -IMDb

Zhang Ziyi Zhao Di

Sun Honglei Luo Yusheng

Zheng Hao Luo Changyu

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• The film was written by author Bao Shi, who adapted the screenplay from his novel, Remembrance.
• Zhang Yimou said that this film was his tribute to and heavily influenced by the work of Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami.
• One year before filming, Zhang Yimou was searching amongst Chinese girls for a shampoo commercial. She didn’t get the commercial, but Yimou was so impressed that he had her to an audition for this movie.
• The audition was tough. They made her cry, laugh, read lines, but she performed beautifully. They sent people to the countryside to see how they’d overcome this way of life, Ziyi auditioned three or four times before getting the part.
• Zhang Yimou wanted a very simple, pure girl for the role, but Ziyi felt tremendous pressure to perform. He took her script away from her and didn’t let her read it. Every day He sent her off to play because he wanted to preserve her purity, her childishness.
• There were a lot of scenes in the film that required Ziyi to run in the forest that were shot in slow motion. she fell down during half of the takes. It required 300 or 400 takes and she fell down during half of them.