The Road Home

Synopsis

When a son returns from the city to arrange his father's funeral, he recalls the tender courtship between his parents — a young schoolteacher and the shy village girl who waited for him on the road. Directed by Zhang Yimou and featuring Zhang Ziyi in her breakout role, The Road Home is a lyrical, bittersweet portrait of love, memory and tradition in rural China. Elegant cinematography and simple, evocative storytelling make this a moving classic of modern Chinese cinema.