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Director:
Yimou Zhang
Writers:
Wei Lu (screenplay)
Hua Yu (novel)
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Release Date:
December 1994 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry... more | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Understanding our 'Foreign' neighbors more (73 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
You Ge ... Xu Fugui
Li Gong ... Xu Jiazhen
Ben Niu ... Town Chief
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Xiao Cong
Deng Fei ... Xu Youqing
Tao Guo ... Chunsheng
Zongluo Huang ... Fu Gui's dad
Wu Jiang ... Wan Erxi
Tianchi Liu ... Xu Fengxia, as an adult
Zhang Lu
Dahong Ni ... Long'er
Yan Su
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Lifetimes
Living
To Live
Woot jeuk (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
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Runtime:
125 min
Country:
China | Hong Kong
Language:
Mandarin
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This film is banned in China. However, there are a number of pirate copies you can buy on the street. more
Quotes:
Xu Fugui: What did you name our son?
Xu Jiazhen: "Don't Gamble".
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Safety in Rubber (2007) more

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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Understanding our 'Foreign' neighbors, 4 March 2003
10/10
Author: (JasonT413@aol.com) from Barcelona

This film is an excellent journey in the life of one unimportant chinese family through the middle of the 20th century. The rise of the communist regime is there for us to see in all it's glory and ineptitude as well. The films shows the fallibility of human government. This family goes through life surviving love intact through hardships and tragidies but they continue 'Living', 'To Live' and that is the beauty of the film.

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Your reviews make me wonder if i saw the same film.. Trickyrich
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More interesting in view of Chinese censorship than in itself blubb06
What is the meaning behind the title? Lefantome16
Can someone translate the prof's sign? belljar666
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