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7.2/10   38 votes
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Director:
Liang Ying
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Release Date:
19 September 2008 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama
Plot:
A 17 year old boy from a village in the Sechuan province leaves for the big city looking for his father... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
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One of the most remarkable cinema debuts of the decade more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Taking Father Home (International: English title) (USA) (new title)
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Runtime:
100 min
Country:
China
Language:
Mandarin
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
One of the most remarkable cinema debuts of the decade, 12 April 2007
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Author: Neil Young (neil@cudas.demon.co.uk) from Sunderland, England

Breathingly remarkably fresh life into a hackneyed-sounding plot, Taking Father Home announces the arrival of a terrific new film-making talent. Filmed for almost nothing with a borrowed camera and featuring a cast almost entirely made up of friends and relatives of Ying (in China, as in Japan and other East Asian countries, surnames come first) and his producer/creative-partner Peng Shan, Taking Father Home is the story of a teenager (Xu Yun) from a remote village who travels to the big city of Zigong with no money and a brace of ducks in a basket on his back. His mission: to find and retrieve his errant father, who walked out on his family six years before.

Yun learns an awful lot very quickly once he arrives in Zigong, as there's no shortage of mentor-figures eager to impart advice. His is a compelling quest, and we're with him every step of the way thanks to Ying's remarkable evocation of Zigong's sights, smells and sounds: if this weren't enough, he somehow manages to express the mood and character of an entire culture with just the simplest of touches and what seems to be the most basic of dialogue. By the end, Taking Father Home has become an utterly engaging emotional experience, and Ying has established himself as one of world cinema's promising young talents. You'll be hearing much more of and from him in years to come.

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