The Flowers of War

The Flowers of War

2011 · 146 min · ZH · R · 7.4 (907 votes)
Dir. Zhang Yimou · Starring Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Zhang Xinyi, Huang Tianyuan, Han Xiting, Zhang Doudou · Music Chen Qigang

Fighting for freedom.

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

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This is a profoundly somber and harrowing experience, immersing viewers in a brutal historical atrocity. It's an intense, emotionally taxing journey through human suffering and the desperate search for dignity and survival amidst unimaginable horror, punctuated by moments of profound sacrifice and bleak beauty.

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