The OCU Film Institute's 35th Annual Film Series will continue with a screening of Zhang Yimou鈥檚 Coming Home on October 16.
In Coming Home, Zhang creates a moving story set after 颁丑颈苍补鈥檚 Cultural Revolution. Having been released from a labor camp where he was sent as a political prisoner, Lu returns home years later searching for his beloved wife, played by Zhang鈥檚 great actress and muse Gong Li. >span class="TextRun SCX47296330" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"> husband and wife struggle to recognize each other after great trauma.
The screening will begin at 2:00PM at the Kerr McGee Auditorium in the Meinders School of Business at NW 27th Street and McKinley Ave. A discussion will follow the presentation for those who wish to stay. Admission is free, but donations are greatly appreciated.
ACCOLADES FOR COMING HOME
-鈥淶hang鈥檚 keen and universal view of human nature raises his work far above its own visual beauty and into the realm of timeless storytelling.鈥� NY Times
-鈥淎fter a period of creative drought, Zhang鈥檚 homecoming is a cause for celebration.鈥� Boston Globe
-鈥�A welcome throwback to one of the most emotionally wrenching actor-director partnerships in film history.鈥� The Onion
-鈥淭he beautifully composed shots are studies in shadow and sunlight, drizzle and grime.鈥� Wash. Post
-鈥淚'm not sure if there's room in the new Chinese film world, which like American cinemas is now dominated by big-budget special effects films, for another series of Gong-Zhang films. But they should forge ahead. They've recaptured the magic.鈥� San Francisco Chronicle
-鈥淐hina's Cultural Revolution was a period of political turmoil, launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, a dark decade that many in Chinese society would prefer to forget. So it says something that Zhang鈥檚 new drama Coming Home has been a big success in China.鈥� NPR
-鈥淭his ode to the fundamental values that survive even under such dire circumstances has an epic gravity that recalls another great historical romance, Doctor Zhivago.鈥� Variety
UPCOMING FILMS
* Oct. 30, Naji Abu Nowar鈥檚 Theeb
* Jan. 22, Francois Truffaut鈥檚 The Last Metro
* Feb. 5, Lasse Hallstrom鈥檚 My Life as a Dog
* Feb. 19, Asghar Farhadi鈥檚 Fireworks Wednesday
* March 5, Ciro Guerra鈥檚 Embrace of the Serpent
