The Flowers of War

2012 "Fighting for freedom."
7.5| 2h26m| R| en| More Info
Released: 18 December 2012 Released
Producted By: Beijing New Picture Film Co. Ltd.
Country: Hong Kong
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.theflowersofwarmovie.com/
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A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.

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CommentsXp Best movie ever!
AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,
Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
Raymond Sierra The film may be flawed, but its message is not.
mettafriend Are you kidding me? 7/10 or whatever the popular vote was? This is a classic. 10/10. If you liked "Empire of the Sun," one of Christian Bale's earliest film roles, or "The Pianist," and/or have an affinity for real human tragedy and depths of compassion and integrity that can blossom from the lowest of human intentions - then please, watch this! For American viewers, this film offers the opportunity to step into the shoes of others who have suffered in war and at the hand of foreign invaders. Great job Christian Bale and the many Chinese actors and actresses who made this film believable!
iMan JavaheryPour The Flowers of War. The name of this movie is chosen perfectly. Several moments during the show, I was about to weep, to shout and cry along the girls. It is so touching. It is so beautiful. Another masterpiece of Zhang Yimou. It comes with beautiful visuals, pleasant musics. As the signature of Yimou, the colour and sound play very well in entire movie. The war scenes are so cruel, so brutal and horrible in terms of conveying and showing the nature of wars. The rape scenes are so so terrifying. And at the end, what you think is, shame on us, on all of humans that make the earth a very unsafe and horrible place for women and children. Thanks to all crew for making this excellent movie.
ejeex The opening was to give a clear impression of the film, and the first shot was a story ,After an epic poetic about sacrifice and not to give them a great quote from the Tom Hanks film (Seven Private Ryan), Alcatdralah scene has a traditional entrance of the events and the impression of the Old personality and shows how claimed evolve, The integration of the gathering in one place, despite the differences in their cultures point counted, directed at taking the strengths and weaknesses of which points, The issue of religious soldier and homeless soldier takes us back to the epic and emotional orientation, which clearly he has a large adoption by even affect the feelings and the bias of the story ,The adoption of the director on films legendary warship visits hid important aspect of the novel, especially in confrontations (I think he was thinking critics admired the level of the output of China's production companies, and these are used novel marketing her with Cristian Bill) ,Religious touch in the Japanese leadership was a response after the Chinese considered barbaric appearance which it was clear to the Japanese at the beginning of the film ,Concessions Father, a new story enter the subject gives the spark of a new type until the viewer is estimated that he get out of the bloody scenes ,Music language of peace and this was evident in the two girls who drove off the event answer strings ,Recognition and refraction, it was the most beautiful scene in the film ,Between the life and death of human virtue picks (mass suicide scene) ,Search for Self usual event is always in the novels he applies a modest manner in which predicted higher performance ,The great director's desire to show the music was beautiful chord guitarist in the opening scene and in the end it was the classic Chinese song.
Sudipto Basu A very heart rending story about a small group of teenage girl students of a Catholic school and an equal number of prostitutes from Nanking's red light area. Along with a American mortician who starts off to be selfish and money driven but slowly evolves to a guardian angel and devices way to protect the innocence and life of the teenage students. Also touching is the supreme sacrifice made by the prostitutes to safeguard the students which had initially started out as a relation of hatred. The story explores the human behavior and unlikely sacrifices made under the conditions of war. Watching the movie based on subtitles may be a bit of cumbersome but the storyline is worth it.