After Fugui and Jiazhen lose their personal fortunes, they raise a family and survive difficult cultural changes during 1940s to 1970s China.
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Title: To Live (1994)
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Cast
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| You Ge | ... | Xu Fugui | |
| Li Gong | ... | Xu Jiazhen | |
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Ben Niu | ... | Town Chief |
| Wu Jiang | ... | Wan Erxi | |
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Deng Fei | ... | Xu Youqing |
| Tao Guo | ... | Chunsheng | |
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Tianchi Liu | ... | Xu Fengxia, as an adult |
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Zongluo Huang | ... | Fu Gui's Dad |
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Yanjin Liu | ... | Fu Gui's Mom |
| Dahong Ni | ... | Long'er | |
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Lian-Yi Li | ... | Sgt. Lao Quan |
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Cong Xiao | ... | Xu Fengxia, as a teenager |
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Lu Zhang | ... | Fengxia, as a child |
| 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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chinese history | cultural revolution | family saga | puppet show | china |Parents Guide:
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Xu Youqing: And after the ox?
Xu Fugui: After the ox is Communism, and there will be dumplings and meat every day.
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Clint Eastwood's personal favorite of the competition entries at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival where Eastwood was Jury President. See more »Quotes
Xu Fugui: If Youqing does as daddy says, our lives will get better and better. Our family is like a little chicken. When it grows up, it becomes a goose and that will turn into a sheep. The sheep will turn into an ox.Xu Youqing: And after the ox?
Xu Fugui: After the ox is Communism, and there will be dumplings and meat every day.
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MandarinRelease Date:
16 December 1994 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$32,900, 20 November 1994Gross USA:
$2,332,728Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$2,332,728Company Credits
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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.