Gui lai

May 16 2014 PG-13 1h 49m
Drama, Romance

Lu and Feng are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labor camp as a political prisoner during the Cultural Revolution. He finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife no longer remembers him.

Plot

Lu Yanshi (Chen Daoming) and Feng Wanyu (Gong Li) are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labor camp as a political prisoner, just as his wife is injured in an accident. Released during the last days of the Cultural Revolution, he finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife has amnesia and remembers little of her past. Unable to recognize Lu, she patiently waits for her husband's return. A stranger alone in the heart of his broken family, Lu Yanshi determines to resurrect their past together and reawaken his wife's memory.

Written by

Geling Yan, Jingzhi Zou, Xiaofeng Zhou

Directed by

Yimou Zhang

Production Countries

China

Production Companies

LeVision Pictures

Languages

Awards

23 wins & 49 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
7,097
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
Metascore
81
Popularity
NA