The Flowers of War- The Hollywood Reporter

Based on Yan Geling's novel "13 Flowers of Nanjing," the Nanjing massacre plays front and center in director Zhang Yimou's tale.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/flowers-of-war-film-review-christian-bale-272125
It's something you'd think only the crassest of Hollywood producers would come up with — injecting sex appeal into an event as ghastly at the Nanjing massacre — but it's an element central to The Flowers of War, a contrived and unpersuasive look at an oft-dramatized historical moment. One of the first Chinese-financed features to topline a major American star (Inseparable, with Kevin Spacey, debuted at Pusan in October), Zhang Yimou's elaborately produced drama automatically will draw attention due to the presence of Christian Bale atop the cast but has the misfortune of coming so close on the heels of a truly outstanding film with the same setting, Lu Chuan's City of Life and Death. After a Dec. 16 commercial launch on home turf, Wrekin Hill has set one-week runs beginning Dec. 23 in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, with a wider release to follow next year. But commercial prospects, at least in North America, look very limited.


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The Flowers of War

 
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金陵十三钗的剧情简介 · · · · · ·
  1937年的南京,日军残暴,满目疮痍,但由国际友人主持的一个教堂暂时还是一方净土。几个神职人员收留了一群躲在教堂里的金陵女大学生、13个躲避战火的秦淮河上的风尘女子,以及6个从死人堆里爬出来的国军伤兵。共同面对有史以来最惨绝人寰的大屠杀的故事,结果竟然是那13个最"下贱"的女子成了保护众人的英雄。在这个相对封闭的空间里,他们共同面对有史以来最可怕、最没有人性的屠杀,产生了各种各样奇妙的感情。然而,教堂也不是永远的净土,日军终于冲进了这里。伤兵被杀,女大学生则眼看就要被日军掳走凌辱。在这个时刻,这13个平日里被视为下贱的女子,在侵略者丧失人性的屠刀前,激发了侠义血性:她们身披唱诗袍,怀揣剪刀,代替教堂里的女学生参加日本人的圣诞庆祝会,去赴一场悲壮的死亡之约。
 

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