I saw this movie at Montreal's Festival des films du monde. It's a movie with some nice scenery and cinematography shot in Southwest China and Burma. However, I feel the movie lack a bit profound message that should ponder people more to a self-examination, when the conflicts arisen between love, personal ambition, reality, family obligation, personal choice and money. What would be "your choice"?
It makes the leading actor look like an artist who was lost in his own desires. The way how he chose to protest, how to compensate, seems weak. I wonder such artist would ever be as successful as the movie portraits in the end - having his international fame and a happy family in the big city, yet has chosen to leave behind his old love who kept his promise, the place and person who were once his inspiration. Unless he was just commercially successfully. I can't even judge that he indeed fell in love with Nan Suo, or he was just being fooled by himself when he saw a better, more promising prospective in front of his eyes.
Based on this reason only, I give it 7 out of 10.
For the people who would like to know Chinese culture, I would encourage to go to the cinema. It does reflect values in modern China and in remote areas.
It makes the leading actor look like an artist who was lost in his own desires. The way how he chose to protest, how to compensate, seems weak. I wonder such artist would ever be as successful as the movie portraits in the end - having his international fame and a happy family in the big city, yet has chosen to leave behind his old love who kept his promise, the place and person who were once his inspiration. Unless he was just commercially successfully. I can't even judge that he indeed fell in love with Nan Suo, or he was just being fooled by himself when he saw a better, more promising prospective in front of his eyes.
Based on this reason only, I give it 7 out of 10.
For the people who would like to know Chinese culture, I would encourage to go to the cinema. It does reflect values in modern China and in remote areas.