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Luo ye gui gen

  • 20072007
  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
1.7K
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POPULARITY
76,475
48,470
Benshan Zhao in Luo ye gui gen (2007)
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A black comedy about a farmer who tries to bring home the body of his friend, who died far from their town.A black comedy about a farmer who tries to bring home the body of his friend, who died far from their town.A black comedy about a farmer who tries to bring home the body of his friend, who died far from their town.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
1.7K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
76,475
48,470
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    • Director
      • Yang Zhang
    • Writers
      • Yao Wang
      • Yang Zhang
    • Stars
      • Benshan Zhao
      • Qiwen Hong
      • Dandan Song
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Yang Zhang
    • Writers
      • Yao Wang
      • Yang Zhang
    • Stars
      • Benshan Zhao
      • Qiwen Hong
      • Dandan Song
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    • 10User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 6 nominations

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    Top cast

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    Benshan Zhao
    Benshan Zhao
    • Old Zhao
    Qiwen Hong
    • Old Liu Quanyou
    Dandan Song
    Dandan Song
    • Scavenger Woman
    Degang Guo
    Degang Guo
    • Bus Hijacker
    Jun Hu
    Jun Hu
    • Lovelorn Lorry Driver
    Haiying Sun
    Haiying Sun
    • Kindly Old Policeman
    Fan Liao
    Fan Liao
    • The Young Policeman
    Yu Xia
    Yu Xia
    • The Cyclist
    Wu Ma
    Wu Ma
    • Lonely Rich Man at the Funeral
    Jinshan Liu
    • The Crooked Restaurant Boss
    Qi Zhang
    • The Hair Salon Girl
    Tao Guo
    Tao Guo
    • The Beekeeper
    Ying Chen
    • The Beekeeper's Wife
    Yuanyuan Liu
    • The Lady - Lots of Makeup
    • (as Liu Yuanyuan)
    Yi Sha Na
    • The Nurse
    Bo Liu
    • The Tractor Driver
    Lin Xiong Zhang
    • The Blood Donation 'Point Man'
    Dong Ming Wu
    • The Shelter Officer
    • Director
      • Yang Zhang
    • Writers
      • Yao Wang
      • Yang Zhang
    • All cast & crew
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      The original title "Luo ye gui gen" is a Chinese proverb meaning "Falling leaves return to their roots".

    User reviews10

    Review
    Top review
    6/10
    A road trip across a colourful country
    Here comes a dark comedy movie from People's Republic of China with a not truly original story but some great images and a solid acting.

    After the death of a coworker, his colleague and friend wants to fulfil his mate's last wish and bring his cadaver in his small home town that happens to be almost two thousand miles away. On his way through the big and diversified country, the man on his strange mission meets a lot of strange people such as philosophical thieves, heartbroken truck drivers, lonely but smart old men, bikers that are looking for freedom and fulfilment, cutthroat restaurant owners, desperate but cordial beggars and dutiful police officers before the movie ends with a little twist.

    The movie has a lot of colourful characters and kicks off with the most funny and intriguing scenes in the bus and with a truck driver. After a strong start, the movie gets a little bit redundant now and then and has a couple of lengths. Even the good acting in this road movie can't help that the movie sometimes gets lost. In contrast to these lengths, the beginning and the ending of the movie are definitely too abrupt and lack of depth.

    The movie doesn't centre around its weak plot but around true Chinese valours and the diversified cultures, landscapes and people. I though feel that this movie is once again slightly propagandistic and tries to dress an almost perfect image of the Chinese people even if there are also one or two bad boys to find. Every recent Chinese movie contains some proverbs and traditional songs. When you first see and hear this, it's exotic, intriguing and original but it gets a boring and pretentious trend. It's the same as if every second American film would include Christmas carols and mention the American Dream. It would get annoying after a while. This movie also contains too many proverbs and carols.

    In the end, this movie is especially an interesting one for anybody that doesn't know that much about Chinese culture as one can discover a lot of cultural things about this amazing country in this movie. Anybody that is used to Chinese cinema won't discover anything new and apart of a very solid start, a very good acting and a well done romance towards the end, this flick remains quite average. It's worth to be watched once but nothing more in my humble opinion.
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    • Jul 13, 2012

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 25, 2007 (Hong Kong)
    • Countries of origin
      • China
      • Hong Kong
    • Language
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • Getting Home
    • Production companies
      • Filmko Pictures
      • Fortissimo Films
      • Ming Productions
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    Box office

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    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,715,268
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 50 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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