to live

7/30/2010

link

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/31439

summary

Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry. Addicted to gambling, Fugui loses everything. In the years that follow he is pressed into both the nationalist and communist armies, while Jiazhen is forced into menial work.

tags

Drama ꞏ Romance ꞏ War ꞏ epic ꞏ child abuse ꞏ china ꞏ gambling ꞏ communist ꞏ gambling debt ꞏ cultural revolution ꞏ chinese civil war ꞏ shadow puppet ꞏ 1940s ꞏ 1950s ꞏ 1960s