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7.2/10   2,348 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Shangjun Cai (writer)
Yi'nan Diao (writer)
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Release Date:
6 April 2000 (Netherlands) more
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Plot:
Shenzhen businessman, Da Ming, goes home to Beijing when he thinks his father has died. He finds his... more | add synopsis
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17 wins & 5 nominations more
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CNN Picks All Time Asian Best, Do We Agree?
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A beautiful moving story of family more (44 total)

Cast

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Jiayi Du
Wu Jiang ... Er Ming
Ding Li
Quanxin Pu ... Da Ming
He Zeng ... He Bing
Xu Zhu ... Master Liu
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Shower (USA)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for language and nudity.
Runtime:
92 min
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11 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
A beautiful moving story of family, 20 October 2002
10/10
Author: David from Whangarei, New Zealand

This beautiful story of an elder son coming home, and learning to love and be a part of all those things that he left home to get away from, is poignant and moving. It shows a society that is perhaps strange to us in the Western world, with a sense of family that we have lost. The story is beautiful, sad, and at times funny and comic. It has a feeling of realism that we don't seem to see any longer in our western movies.

The acting is unusual, in that as the movie progresses, it almost gives the impression that it is not acting, but a documentary of ordinary people. This is brilliant directing and movie making.

Would love to see more movies by this director.

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