The road home

The road home

As a son helps his mother arrange for the burial of his father in the traditional Chinese custom of his mother's village, the beautiful and touching story of his parent's courtship unfolds. His father was from the city and came to his mother's village to become the schoolmaster. In th...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia (Firm), Guangxi dian ying zhi pian chang, Sony Pictures Classics (Firm), Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Yu Zha, Timou Zhang, Ziyi Zhang, Honglei Sun, Hao Zheng, Yulian Zhao, Yong Hou, Cao Juiping, Zhai Ru, San Bao, Bao Shi
Resource Type: Visual Material
Language:English
Published: Culver City, Calif. Sony Pictures Classics : Distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2001] c2000.
Subjects:
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Elementary school teachers > China > Drama.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > Drama.
Foreign films.
Drama.
Description
Summary:As a son helps his mother arrange for the burial of his father in the traditional Chinese custom of his mother's village, the beautiful and touching story of his parent's courtship unfolds. His father was from the city and came to his mother's village to become the schoolmaster. In the days of arranged marriages, the son discovers that his parents marriage was the first marriage based on love.
Item Description:Title from container.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1999.
Based on the novel "Remembrance" by Bao Shi.
Special features: widescreen and full screen presentations; theatrical trailers; filmographies; interactive menus; scene selection.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (89 min.) sd., col. 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, Dolby digital 5.1, digitally mastered audio & anamorphic video.
Production Credits:Cinematographer, Hou Yong ; art director, Cao Juiping ; editor, Zhai Ru ; music, San Bao ; costume designer, Tong Huamiao.