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The Road Home

1999 · 89 min

A quiet, tender story that shifts between sorrow and warm nostalgia, asking you to sit with its gentle rhythms and feel the weight of memory.

Tagline
An unforgettable journey into the realm of the heart.
Overview
Prompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how they met in flashback.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • grief
  • memory
  • family
  • trauma
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism8
Romance8
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Zhang Yimou
Written by
Shi Bao
Starring
Zhang Ziyi, Zheng Hao, Yulian Zhao, Sun Honglei, Li Bin, Song Yuncheng, Guifa Chang, Wencheng Sung
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
89 min
Country
China, Hong Kong, United States of America
Languages
Mandarin

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