Movie

Coming Home

2014 · 111 min

A quiet, heartbreaking watch that lingers on faces and small gestures, building sadness through patience rather than spectacle.

Overview: Lu and Feng are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labor camp as a political prisoner during the Cultural Revolution. He finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife no longer remembers him.
How it feels: Melancholic, bleak, earnest and romantic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Memory, grief, isolation, family
Content: Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
grief
isolation
family
love
Places: small town
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: Zhang Yimou
Written by: Zou Jingzhi
Starring: Gong Li, Chen Daoming, Zhang Huiwen, Guo Tao, Liu Peiqi, Zu Feng, Yan Ni, Xin Baiqing
Cinematography: Zhao Xiaoding
Runtime: 111 min
Country: China, United States of America
Languages: Mandarin