To Live (1994) - [CinemaScene] - 05of20

To Live (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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• To Live
• Gong Li

[jinzodude]

@1433luz omg there's a book?! what the crap how come nobody called me?

anyways is it in english?

[1433luz]

i think the movie is great, but it is nothing really like the book.

[SoffeHansen]

They have definitely changed the book's plot too much :/

[MunicipalDude]

XD!!

[Aar0nPunx]

hahahahahah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!