To Live (1994) - [CinemaScene] - 02of20

To Live or Lifetimes (Chinese: 活着; pinyin: huó zhe) is a Chinese film directed by Zhang Yimou in 1994, starring Ge You and Gong Li and produced by the Shanghai Film Studio and ERA International. It is based on the novel of the same name by Yu Hua. To Live was screened at the 1994 New York Film Festival before eventually receiving a limited release in the United States on November 18, 1994.

The story begins some time in the 1940s. Xu Fugui (Ge You) is a local rich man's son and compulsive gambler, who loses his family property to a man named Long'er. His behaviour also causes his long-suffering wife Jiazhen (Gong Li) to leave him, along with their daughter, Fengxia and their unborn son, Youqing.

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[ShiniGorky187]

hes got one hot wife. what an idiot

[dillonfreed]

i'd def go home to her

[JenzLesT]

the 4 visor as he did was poke and lost all his life.

[JenzLesT]

@mewichigo64 thanks to CHINA that they help Africa to go modernize until today...me too thinking that Africa is still all about Wildlife XD

[fenmiao3bi4zheng]

Most do not know that this film was banned in China and the government said it was scandalous. They banned Gong Li and the director from working together for several years. In State-sanctioned biographies, it is said the director and Gong Li were involved in a scandal. They do not say that the 'scandal' was to make a great movie which told the truth. The scene at 2:54 is very Chinese; the onlookers laugh at the husband and wife's difficulty -- rather than empathize.

[mcflugger]

upper darby  high haha

[mewichigo64]

@mcflugger lol what school do you go to?? xDD

[mcflugger]

@mewichigo64 yea mine too same curriculum haha

[mewichigo64]

@mcflugger yup- now were onto africa... our teach is talkin about people being stereotypic about it. I learned that africas actually has huge modernized citys like china does. i blame the lion king for making me think it was all wild life and huts :(

[mcflugger]

@mewichigo64 haha cultural revolution and stuff