The Flowers of War

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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 schoolchildren, 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. (Verleiher-Text)

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3DD!3 

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Englisch Another visual gem by Zhang Yimoua that gives some color to the turmoil of war and even to a bombed out city full of dust. The up-beat or even romping beginning led by the drunken funeral director, Bale, is interspersed with raw battle scenes, and it’s not until the second half that it turns into a tearjerker presented with the greatest possible brilliance. The depicted contrast between religious students and prostitutes couldn’t be greater. But Ni Ni is a wonderful combination of both. ()

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Englisch This is like the Chinese version of Fall of the Innocent, but a lot more expensive and better made. I’m kidding a little, if I started to list the similarities between the two films they would be more random than symptomatic, but the fact is that they both had the same effect on me. A visually nice bait for fake emotions, with an outstanding Bale, that’s it. ()

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