You can’t really tell much from this first trailer for Zhang Yimou‘s Coming Home, which was announced as one of the out of competition titles at this year’s Cannes Film Festival (see the lineup The Criminal Lu Yanshi “, from which the film is based you may be able to put things together:
Chinese-American writer Yan Geling published her new book, entitled “Inmate Lu Yanshi”, in which she explores the spiritual world and life experiences of intellectuals from the past. Born in Shanghai with a silver spoon in his mouth, Lu Yanshi is disappointed with his arranged marriage. He goes to the United States to study and returns to teach at universities. During the political campaigns of the early 1950s, he is condemned as an anti-revolutionary and sentenced to life imprisonment in the country’s northwestern wilderness. Lu gradually realizes how much he loves his wife during the years in prison. But when he is released after the cultural revolution, he finds it is impossible to integrate into his family once again.
Coming Home is expected to open in China on May 16, which most likely explains why it was relegated to play Out of Competition rather than in.
The film stars Li Gong and Daoming Chen, check out the trailer below.
