A Thousand Years of Good Prayers

Apr 10 2008 Unrated 1h 23m
Drama, Romance

The film follows Mr. Shi, a retired widower from Beijing. When his only daughter, Yilan, who lives in Spokane, Washington and works as a librarian, gets divorced, he decides to visit her to help her heal. However, Yilan is not interested. She tries keeping an emotional distance but when this finally fails she begins physically avoiding her father. He confronts her about an affair with a married Russian man and she, in turn, lets loose about all the gossip she'd heard as a young girl about his alleged affair with a female colleague back in China.

Plot

A Chinese man travels to America to visit his estranged daughter after her recent divorce. Though his trip starts off as a mission to see his daughter remarry, he sparks to an Iranian woman who, despite their language barrier, captures his heart.

Written by

Yiyun Li

Directed by

Wayne Wang

Cast

Henry O, Pasha D. Lychnikoff, Feihong Yu

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

North by Northwest Entertainment

Languages

English

Awards

5 wins

Trailers
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers Official Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
1,227
Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
64
Popularity
NA