University of Massachusetts Amherst

The Progressive Cinema Series: The Road Home

The Progressive Cinema Series and GEO present:

The Road Home

A Zhang Yimou film starring Zhang Ziyi of "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers"

Winner of the Silver Bear Award at Berlin Film Festival and the Audience Award at Sundance Film Festival

The movie takes place in a rural village in northen China in the last century. A young man returns to his hometown to make arrangements for his father's funeral. There, he learns about his parents' legendary courtship.

Official web site for The Road Home.