Getting Home
2007 · Movie · 110 min
★ 7.5(63)unSUB Rating
After a drinking companion dies far from home, a rural worker sets out to return the body to its hometown and honor a promise. The long trip becomes a darkly funny, often moving journey through hardship, kindness, and the many kinds of people he meets along the way.
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Details
- Original title
- 落叶归根
- Years
- 2007
- Release date
- 2007-12-31
- Language
- Chinese
- Runtime
- 110 min
- TMDB rating (input)
- 7.4/10 (63 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy bittersweet road stories that mix laughs, sadness, and human warmth, especially if The Story of Qiu Ju or Dying to Survive worked for you; Not for you if you want fast pacing or a light, carefree comedy.
Pros: dark humor and heart; memorable roadside encounters; thoughtful look at life | Cons: uneven pacing; repetitive middle stretch; abrupt ending
Themes
- road movie
Cast & crew
Zhao Benshan
as Zhao
Qiwen Hong
as Liu
Song Dandan
as The Woman
Liao Fan
as Young Cop
Hu Jun
as Truck Driver
Guo Degang
as Robber
Wu Ma
as Old Man
Directed by Zhang Yang