My Father and Mother

Zhang Yimou
Zhang Ziyi, Zheng Hao, Sun Honglei, Li Bin, Ji Bo, Song Yuncheng, Zhang Zhongxi
1999
Mainland China
Completed
Standard Mandarin
89 minutes
Detailed introduction
This film (drama)Also known as我的父亲母亲,is aMainland ChinaProducerwomen sex,At1999Released in year
。The dialogue language isStandard Mandarin,Current Douban rating8.2(For reference only)。
After a man (played by Sun Honglei) learns of his father's death, he returns to his hometown, where his elderly mother reminisces about her past with his father. Over 30 years ago, urban youth Luo Changyu (played by Zheng Hao) volunteered to become a primary school teacher in Sanhetun after graduating from normal school. The village beauty, Zhao Di (played by Zhang Ziyi), secretly fell in love with him, and from then on, her heart was never at rest. As the school was not yet built, the villagers sent "public meals" to those constructing the school. Zhao Di prepared various dishes, specifically serving them in a celadon bowl, hoping that the teacher would enjoy her cooking. Eventually, Luo Changyu learned about the celadon bowl and understood the girl's feelings, sparking a flame of love between them. The school was completed, and hearing the sound of reading from the classroom, Zhao Di felt it was the most beautiful sound she had ever heard. In time, no one in the village listened anymore, but Zhao Di continued to listen, year after year, for forty years...