Getting home

Getting home / [produced by Harvey Wong, Liu Qiang] ; [producer Stanley Tong] ; [starring Zhao Ben Shan, Song Dan Dan, Gua De Gang] ; [director Zhang Yang].

Co-workers Zhao and Liu, old friends both in their 50's, were drinking heavily one day when Liu died unexpectedly. In keeping with a promise to his friend, Zhao decides to travel thousands of miles across China to bring the body home. With next to no money and a corpse behind his back, Zhao...

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Main Author: Dou, Peng (Composer)
Other Authors: Zhang, Yang, 1967- (Director, Producer), Wong, Harvey (Producer), Liu, Qiang (Producer), Hong, Tong Man (Producer), Zhao, Benshan, 1958- (Actor), Hong, Qiwen (Actor), Song, Dandan (Actor), Guo, Degang (Actor)
Format: Video
Language:Chinese
Published: Amsterdam, North Holland : Fortissimo Films, 2007.
Subjects:
Friendship > China > Drama.
Death > China > Drama.
China > Social conditions > Drama.
Death
Friendship
China
Drama
Feature films
Drama.
Feature films.
Théâtre.
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Summary:Co-workers Zhao and Liu, old friends both in their 50's, were drinking heavily one day when Liu died unexpectedly. In keeping with a promise to his friend, Zhao decides to travel thousands of miles across China to bring the body home. With next to no money and a corpse behind his back, Zhao's tragicomic odyssey brings him face-to-face with all manners of Chinese people in a world of rapidly changing values and mores. Based on a true story.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed July 27, 2022).
Physical Description:1 online resource (102 minutes)
Playing Time:01:41:04
Awards:Won 2007 Berlin International Film Festival Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Panorama
Won 2008 CinemAsia Film Festival Audience Award, Best Film
Won 2007 Golden Horse Film Festival, Audience Choice Award
Won 2007 Kerala International Film Festival NETPAC Award, Asian Film
Language:In Mandarin.

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