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To Live (1994)
"Huozhe" (original title)

 -  Drama | War  -  December 1994 (USA)
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Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry. Addicted to gambling, Fugui loses everything. In the years that ... See full summary »

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Ben Niu ...
Town Chief
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Xiao Cong
Deng Fei ...
Xu Youqing
Tao Guo ...
Chunsheng
Zongluo Huang ...
Fu Gui's dad
Wu Jiang ...
Wan Erxi
Tianchi Liu ...
Xu Fengxia, as an adult
Zhang Lu
Dahong Ni ...
Long'er
Yan Su
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Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry. Addicted to gambling, Fugui loses everything. In the years that follow he is pressed into both the nationalist and communist armies, while Jiazhen is forced into menial work. They raise a family and survive, managing "to live" from the 40's to the 70's in this epic, but personal, story of life through an amazing period. Written by docraven

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To Live  »

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SGD 482,000 (Singapore)
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Trivia

This film is banned in China. However, there are a number of pirate copies you can buy on the street. See more »

Quotes

Xu Fugui: What did you name our son?
Xu Jiazhen: "Don't Gamble".
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My Honest Opinion
24 March 2011 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

This is the best movie that I have ever seen.

I watched this movie because I was taking a class on the politics of China. When I saw that this movie covered such an expansive time period I thought "great, I will learn something." That I did. I cried, I cheered, I stayed up very late... I made my then future husband watch it... he liked it too, not as much as I do.

I tell everyone in conversations about movies that this one is my all time favorite. It took the place of American Beauty, a movie that I have watched about eleven times.

So, I recommend it. If I had a lot of money I would pay people to watch this. It is THAT great.
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