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      Coming Home

      PG-13 Released Sep 9, 2015 1h 51m Drama Romance List
      89% 80 Reviews Tomatometer 86% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score A former political prisoner (Chen Daoming) tries to help his wife (Gong Li) regain her memory and rediscover their love for each other. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Feb 20 Buy Now

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      The rare tearjerking melodrama with sociopolitical subtext, Coming Home plucks the heartstrings with thought-provoking power.

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      Kate Taylor Globe and Mail Intriguingly, the director has successfully woven a Kafkaesque metaphor into a classically Chinese melodrama. Rated: 3/4 Oct 2, 2015 Full Review Tom Long Detroit News A modern yet timeless tragedy that's desperate, sad and rich with devotion. Rated: B+ Oct 2, 2015 Full Review Bruce DeMara Toronto Star Chen and Gong, two of China's most respected actors, offer two great performances in a film about love, loss and perseverance that will nearly break your heart. Oct 1, 2015 Full Review Denise Pieniazek A Sala Llena (Argentina) In a China going through the Cultural Revolution, the love story between Feng and Lu takes place. Its director, Zhang Yimou, here the central theme is more earthly: the reunion between two people who love each other. Rated: 8/10 Jan 14, 2024 Full Review David Walsh World Socialist Web Site A small, sincere film about big, complex times... Aug 20, 2020 Full Review Yasser Medina Cinefilia With the treatises of separation, sacrifice, reminiscences and compassion, this film is itself very difficult to forget. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 9/10 Jun 26, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Georgan G Very touching film. This is a story of great sorrow and heavy losses. The husband who finally returns from prison camp is not recognizable to the amnesic wife. Yet he persists in finding ways to be with her. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/28/23 Full Review william d Gong Li's beauty may not bowl me over as it once did, but her acting still does. She is one of cinema's greatest actresses. Even when acting in crappy movies (see, e.g. Chinese Box) she still manages to shine. However, there's little chance that Coming Home would be crappy with Zhang Yimou at the helm. This is a beautiful film, both poignant and heartwarming. And Li's costar Chen Daoming is superb as well. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member A bit too perfectly romantic, à la “The Notebook”, but the tragedy of families separated by the Cultural Revolution and the long-lasting impact make for a good human story. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/30/20 Full Review Audience Member Filmed with emotional tenderness and unerring pictorial power. Gong Li wonderful as always. Marvellous film. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member If you don't cry in this there is something wrong with you Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member Bittersweet...but mostly bitter. A longing to be reunited ends with Alzheimer's or maybe severe dementia. The longing of one true lucid moment of connection...alas is not to be. However, love is never lost. Hope is forever. Commitment. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/30/20 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Gong Li as Feng Wanyu in "Coming Home." Zhang Huiwen as Dan Dan in "Coming Home." Chen Daoming as Lu Yanshi in "Coming Home." Zhang Huiwen as Dan Dan in "Coming Home." Chen Daoming (center) as Lu Yanshi in "Coming Home." Chen Daoming as Lu Yanshi and Gong Li as Feng Wanyu in "Coming Home." Chen Daoming as Lu Yanshi in "Coming Home." Gong Li as Feng Wanyu in "Coming Home." Daoming Chen and Li Gong in "Coming Home." Li Gong in "Coming Home." View more photos

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      Synopsis A former political prisoner (Chen Daoming) tries to help his wife (Gong Li) regain her memory and rediscover their love for each other.
      Director
      Yimou Zhang
      Producer
      David Linde, Pang Liwei, Shan Dongbing, Huang Ziyan, Gillian Zhao Fang, Shan Baoquan, Karen Fu
      Screenwriter
      Zou Jingzhi
      Distributor
      Sony Pictures Classics
      Production Co
      Le Vision Pictures
      Rating
      PG-13 (Some Thematic Material)
      Genre
      Drama, Romance
      Original Language
      Chinese
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Sep 9, 2015, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jun 15, 2016
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $377.4K
      Runtime
      1h 51m
      Sound Mix
      Dolby Atmos
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