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The Flowers of War
Year
2012
Language
CHINESE
Duration
2h 22m
Rating
R
CC
Performers
Christian Bale, Ni Ni
Directed By
Zhang Yimou
Written By
Liu Heng, Yan Geiling
Publication Information
Lionsgate
Summary
From internationally celebrated director Zhang Yimou (Ju Dou, Raise the Red Lantern, Hero, House Of Flying Daggers) comes a story of love and war. The dangerous streets of Nanjing throw together a group of opposites –a flock of shell-shocked school children, a dozen seductive courtesans, and a renegade American (Academy Award® winner Christian Bale, The Fighter, The Dark Knight) posing as a priest to save his own skin, or so he thinks – all seeking safety behind a walled cathedral. Trapped by marauding soldiers, over the next few days the prejudices and divides between them will fall away as they unite around a last-ditch plan to protect the children from impending catastrophe.