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""Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry" from IMD."
"In a smoky gambling den in 1940's China, a drunken young man runs through his family's fortune, losing their ancestral home and all their possessions. This staggering loss proves to be their salvation, and the first step in an odyssey of survival that will take them through war and revolution love and loss, tragedy ... and triumph."
"In a smoky gambling den in 1940's China, a drunken young man runs through his family's fortune, losing their ancestral home and all their possessions. This staggering loss proves to be their salvation, and the first step in an odyssey of survival that will take them through war and revolution love and loss, tragedy ... and triumph."
"The story of a prodigal son set against the backdrop of China in the tumultuous era of the 40's and beyond."
"In a smoky gambling den in 1940's China, a drunken young man runs through his family's fortune, losing their ancestral home and all their possessions. This staggering loss proves to be their salvation ... and the first step in an odyssey of survival that will take them through war and revolution, love and loss, tragedy ... and triumph. Through the terrors of China's civil war, the passions of the communist takeover, the betrayals of Chairman Mao's Great Leap Forward and the tragic mistakes of the Cultural Revolution, their lives unfold across four decades of momentous change ... bound by love, driven by the strength of the human spirit and touched more than once by the hand of fate."
"An epic story of hope, courage and survival in the turbulent Cultural Revlution in China."
"Spanning four turbulent decades of Chinese history beginning in 1946, this is history from below, a story about the resiliancy of ordinary lives told in a series of "chapters". In its approach to history, To Live bears some resemblance to Tian Zhuangzhuang's The Blue Kite although Zhang's restrained melodrama contrasts with the low key naturalism of The Blue Kite with its focus on "victims". Fugui, the central character of To Live, is a disarmingly simple man who, despite misfortune, is never a victim. The fate of Fugui's shadow puppet troup seems to be a measure of his own fate."
"This superb drama follows the lives of one family -weak but adaptable Fungui (You), his wife (Li), and their young daughter and son - spanning pre-revolutionary China in the 1940's through the Cultural Revolution in the 1960's. Shows ordinary people reacting to terrifying conditions with extraordinary performances and evocative imagery."
"This superb drama follows the lives of one family -weak but adaptable Fungui (You), his wife (Li), and their young daughter and son - spanning pre-revolutionary China in the 1940's through the Cultural Revolution in the 1960's. Shows ordinary people reacting to terrifying conditions with extraordinary performances and evocative imagery."@en
"A portrait of a married couple as their fortunes rise and fall through several decades of Chinese life. From a gambling den in the 1940's they are taken through revolution and war, love and loss, tragedy and triumph."
"In a smoky gambling den in 1940's China, a drunken young man runs through his family's fortune, losing their ancestral home and all their possessions. This staggering loss proves to be their salvation, and the first step in an odyssey of survival that will take them through war and revolution love and loss, tragedy ... and triumph. In Mandarin Chinese with English subtitles."@en
"The story of Fugui and Jiazhen, and their family's struggle for survival from the 1940's through the 1980's."
"Epic family drama set across 30 turbulent years of Chinese history. A couple whose lives are thrown into turmoil by civil war, revolution and political strife."
"In a smoky gambling den in 1940s China, a drunken young man runs through his family's fortune, losing their ancestral home and all their possessions. This staggering loss proves to be their salvation and the first step in an odyssey of survival that will take them through war and revolution, love and loss, tragedy and triumph. Through the terrors of China's civil war, the passions of the communist takeover, the betrayals of Chairman Mao's Great Leap Forward and the tragic mistakes of the Cultural Revolution, their lives unfold across four decades of momentous change."
"Follows a Chinese family's fortunes through the Chinese Civil War, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution."
"This superb drama follows the lives of one family -weak but adaptable Fugui (Ge You), his wife (Gong Li), and their young daughter and son - spanning pre-revolutionary China in the 1940's through the Cultural Revolution in the 1960's. Shows ordinary people reacting to terrifying conditions with extraordinary performances and evocative imagery."
"The story of a prodigal son set against the backdrop of China in the tumultuous era of the 40s and beyond."
"This superb drama follows the lives of one family, weak but adaptable Fugui (Ge You), his wife (Gong Li) and their young daughter and son, spanning pre-revolutionary China in the 1940's through the Cultural Revolution in the 1960's. Shows ordinary people reacting to terrifying conditions with extraordinary performances and evocative imagery."
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"In a smoky gambling den in 1940s China, a drunken young man runs through his family's fortune, losing their ancestral home and all their possessions. This staggering loss proves to be their salvation ... and the first step in an odyssey of survival that will take them through war and revolution, love and loss, tragedy ... and triumph. Through the terrors of China's civil war, the passions of the communist takeover, the betrayals of Chairman Mao's Great Leap Forward and the tragic mistakes of the Cultural Revolution, their lives unfold across four decades of momentous change ... bound by love, driven by the strength of the human spirit and touched more than once by the hand of fate."
"A story of hope, courage and survival ... a portrait of turbulent 20th century China as seen through four generations of one family-bound only their undying love and never ending hope for the future."
"In a smoky gambling den in 1940's China, a drunken young man runs through his family's fortune, losing their ancestral home and all their possessions. This staggering loss proves to be their salvation, and the first step in an odyssey of survival that will take them through war and revolution love and loss, tragedy ... and triumph"
""Set against four decades of Chinese political turmoil, To Live follows the lives of one couple, Fugui and Jiazhen (Ge You, Farewell My Concubine and Gong Li, Memoirs of Geisha), as they struggle to survive their own changing status within the upheaval." -- Back cover."
"Tras abandonar su casa y a su familia por deudas de juego, un hombre rehace su vida como titiritero hasta que es arrastrado por la revolución de Mao. Cuando consigue volver con su mujer y sus hijos todo habrá cambiado."
"Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry."