| Description |
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Orignally produced as a motion picture in 1999. |
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Based on the novel "Remembrance" by Bao Shi. |
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Special features: widescreen and full screen presentations; theatrical trailers; filmographies; interactive menus; scene selection. |
| Credits |
Cinematographer, Hou Yong ; art director, Cao Juiping ; editor, Zhai Ru ; music, San Bao ; costume designer, Tong Huamiao. |
| Cast |
Zhang Ziyi, Sun Hongiei, Zheng Hao, Zhao Yulian. |
| Summary |
As a son helps his mother arrange for the burial of his father in the traditional Chinese custom of his mother's village, the beautiful and touching story of his parent's courtship unfolds. His father was from the city and came to his mother's village to become the schoolmaster. In the days of arranged marriages, the son discovers that his parents marriage was the first marriage based on love. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: G. |
| Form |
Also issued on VHS. |
| System Details |
DVD, Dolby digital 5.1, digitally mastered audio & anamorphic video. |
| Awards |
Sundance Film Festival: 2001, Audience Award World Cinema (Yimou Zhang) |
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Berlin International Film Festival: 2000, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Competition (Yimou Zhang); Silver Berlin Bear - Jury Grand Prix (Yimou Zhang) |
| Language |
Mandarin or French dialogue, English or French subtitles. |
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Close captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Elementary school teachers -- China -- Drama.
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Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Drama.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings.
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| Genre/Form |
Foreign films.
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| Added Author |
Yu, Zhao.
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Shi, Bao.
Remembrance.
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Zhang, Yimou.
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Ziyi, Zhang.
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Hongiei, Sun.
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Hao, Zheng.
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Yulian, Zhao.
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Hou, Yong, 1960-
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Juiping, Cao.
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Ru, Zhai.
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Bao, San.
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Huamiao, Tong.
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Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia (Firm)
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Guangxi dian ying zhi pian chang.
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Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
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Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Wo de fu qin mu qin |
| ISBN |
0767863526 |
| Standard No. |
043396061712 |
| Music No. |
06171 Sony Pictures Classics |
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