Coming Home

film by Zhang [2014]

Also known as: “Gui lai”

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Coming Home is a 2014 Chinese drama film directed by Zhang Yimou. The movie stars Gong Li as a woman whose marriage is irrevocably damaged when her husband is imprisoned during China's Cultural Revolution. The film explores the devastating personal consequences of political upheaval on individuals and families. It depicts the struggle of a wife to reconnect with her husband after his release, as he suffers from amnesia and no longer recognizes her.12

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Gui lai (2014; Coming Home) featured Gong as a woman whose marriage is destroyed when her husband is imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution. Zhang later codirected Wang chao de nu ren: Yang Guifei (2015; Lady of the Dynasty), about the tragic love affair between concubine Yang Guifei and…
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Gui lai (2014; Coming Home) featured Gong as a woman whose marriage is destroyed when her husband is imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution. Zhang later codirected Wang chao de nu ren: Yang Guifei (2015; Lady of the Dynasty), about the tragic love affair between concubine Yang Guifei and…
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