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Bei yazi de nanhai (Taking Father Home)

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Critics Reviews

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Richard Brody The New Yorker 04/14/2020
[It] eludes censorship to tell a story that, though intimate in scope, depicts his rage at the official order on a grand scale. Go to Full Review J. R. Jones Chicago Reader 04/24/2009
Rarely has a filmmaker done more with less. Go to Full Review Matt Noller Slant Magazine 09/23/2008
2/4
There's little insight to be found in Ying's presentation of even seemingly helpful citizens as fundamentally cruel and animalistic. Go to Full Review David Walsh World Socialist Web Site 02/14/2021
Taking Father Home gives an indication of the harshness of everyday life, of social relations, in the 'new China,' and their impact on a sensitive adolescent. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 09/14/2012
B+
Paints an evocative picture of modern China. Go to Full Review Louis Proyect rec.arts.movies.reviews 09/20/2008
Simply brilliant film-making for less than $5000. For anybody the least bit curious about China today and who has a taste for sophisticated comedy, this is not to be missed. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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10/02/2011 a small quiet movie that is about a 17 yr old boy from the country who goes to the big city 2 find his father who left the family 6 years b4, the ending was a little confusing but it provides a look at the dichotmy in china of rural life vs. city life. See more 12/31/2010 With Bringing Father Home being such a great movie you forget that it's an amateur film.The boy left the village a kid but came back as a man who wasn't in his right mind & the journey forever changed him See more 12/07/2008 This movie is a piece of shit. Don't waste your time. See more 12/05/2008 interesting shots throughout the movie See more 09/11/2008 Very good movie about China's poor villagers but with a twist at the end. Very promising director. As tough it's been film in video (in clandestinity), the quality of execution would have fit perfectly with 35 mm. See more 07/07/2008 it's just a bad imitation of Jia Zhang Ke's style. See more Read all reviews
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Liu Xiaopei

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Jie Wang

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Yun Xu

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