The Flowers of War (Jin líng shí san chai) (2011)

7.5	Listal rating
7.5	IMDB rating

Directed by

Yimou Zhang

Starring (View all)

Christian Bale

John Miller

Ni Ni

Yu Mo

Xinyi Zhang

Shu (as Zhang Xinyi)

Tianyuan Huang

George Chen

Xiting Han

Yi (as Han Xiting)

Doudou Zhang

Ling

Dawei Tong

Major Li

Atsuro Watabe

Colonel Hasegawa

Written by

Heng Liu

screenplay

Geling Yan

novel

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A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's raid of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.

Release date : 16 December 2011

China (6), Drama (4), War (4), Hong Kong (3), 2010s (3), WWII (2), History (2), Church (2), Priest (2), Sniper (2), Chinese (2), Sad (1), Rape Of Nanking (1), Prositutes (1), Choir (1), FDT (1), D.T. (1), (1), 2012 (1), East Asia (1)

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" + The whole film just looked beautiful. + Amazing story, really impressive. + Great variation between the fighting scenes and the scenes in the church. + Great performance from Christian Bale. - A bit tedious sometimes. 9/10"

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""Life is precious, it is not ours to throw away." Rating: 8/10 What it's about: In 1937 China, during the second Sino-Japanese war, a mortician, John (Christian Bale) arrives at a Catholic church in Nanjing to prepare a priest for burial. Upon arrival he finds himself the lone adult among a group of convent girl students and prostitutes from a nearby brothel. When he finds himself in the unwanted position of protector of both groups from the horrors of the invading Japanese army, he discove"