Flowers of War
Fri 14, Sat 15 & Wed 19 Sep
Cinema £7.90 (£6.50) including booking fee
Director: Zhang Yimou
Country: China
Cast: Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Zhang Xinyi, Huang Tianyuan
Year of Release: 2011
Subtitled
Certificate: 15
Length of film: 142 mins
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CloseSet during the 1937 Nanjing massacre, this epic war film from the director of House of Flying Daggers and Hero stars Christian Bale as an American mortician called John Miller. Tasked with looking after the body of a dead priest, opportunistic Miller takes shelter at a Catholic convent school as the Japanese invade, taking advantage of the priest’s robes and wines. But Miller soon finds himself taking on the priest’s role and protecting the resident schoolgirls and the prostitutes who have also have sought refuge in the convent.
Flowers of War trailer
Dates & Times
| Fri 14 Sep | Cinema | 8:30pm | ||
| Sat 15 Sep | Cinema | 8:30pm | ||
| Wed 19 Sep | Cinema | 8:30pm |
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1 Comment
Saw the Flowers of War - an excellent film well acted. I thought that it was going to be too long - but I am amazed that Zhang Yimou managed to get so much content ito the two and half hours. This film managed to look at a tragic episode in Chinese history from many perspectives - the convent girls, the prostitutes, the remaining Chinese soldier and the western perspective from Christian Bale. I have been impressed with the quality of recent films from China.
Brian at 11:24am on Sun 16th Sep 2012