To Live
(1994)
★ 8.1 IMDb · 394 votes
Year: 1994
Runtime: 133 мин
Country: China, Hong Kong
Director: Чжан Имоу
Cast: 葛优, Гун Ли, Ню Бэнь, 郭涛, 姜武, 倪大红, 刘天池, Zhang Lu, Dong Fei, Huang Zongluo
Plot
Married couple Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in mid-20th century mainland China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry.
Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry. Addicted to gambling, Fugui loses everything. In the years that follow he is pressed into both the nationalist and communist armies, while Jiazhen is forced into menial work. They raise a family and survive, managing "to live" from the 40's to the 70's in this epic, but personal, story of life through an amazing period.