Overview
Married couple Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in mid-20th century mainland China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix (1994)
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Based on
Based on To Live
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Setting
Set in China
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Music
Music by Zhao Jiping
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Lü Yue
Details
- Director
- Original title
- 活着
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 18, 1994
- Original language
- Mandarin
- Countries
- China, Hong Kong
Production
Cast
Ge YouXu Fugui
Gong LiXu Jiazhen
Niu BenTown Chief
Guo TaoChunsheng
Jiang WuWan Erxi
Ni DahongLong'er
Liu TianchiXu Fengxia
Zhang LuYoung Fengxia
Dong FeiXu Youqing
Huang ZongluoFugui's Dad
Liu YanjinFugui's Mom
Li LianyiSgt. Lao Quan
Su YanObstetric Nurse- Zhao Yu-XiuPhysician Wang
- Xiao JieYoung Fengxia
- Zhang KangMantou
Dong Li-Fan
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