Together, the new film from Chinese director Chen Kaige, is a flawed, yet thoughtful piece of filmmaking.
This sentimental drama tells the story of a father, Liu Cheng (Liu Peiqi), and his 13-year-old son, Xiaochun (Tang Yun). They're peasants from the Chinese countryside, but Liu Cheng has great plans for his boy. The child is a prodigy on the violin, and his father wants to bring him to the bright lights of a newly Westernized Beijing, where he can hire a proper music teacher for the boy and thus get him a better life.
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