Search - The Flowers Of War on DVD

Sharon F. (Shar) from AVON PARK, FL
Reviewed on 7/31/2024...

What a hidden gem! Based on a true story of the Nanking Massacre in the 30s, Christian Bale was excellent as the American who acted as a pretend "Father" to save several Japanese girls. Some of the dialog is in Japanese so you have to pay attention. A nice piece of history.

Synopsis: The dangerous streets of Nanjing throw together a group of opposites--a flock of shell-shock schoolchildren, a dozen seductive courtesans, and a renegade American (Bale), posing as a priest to save his own skin, or so he thinks--all seeking safety behind a walled cathedral. Trapped by marauding soldiers, over the next few days the prejudices and divides between them will fall away as they unit around a last-ditch plan to protect the children from impending catastrophe.

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Pam M. from MANCHESTER, CT
Reviewed on 7/24/2012...

We rented this movie over the weekend and it is definitely one I want to own. All actors do a fantastic job. Some of the dialogue is in Chinese but most of it is in English. It is set during the Nanking Massacre in the 1930s.

Here is how they dedcribe it on the movie's website:

"From internationally celebrated director Zhang Yimou (Ju Dou, Raise the Red Lantern, Hero, House Of Flying Daggers) comes a story of love and war - and a band of outcasts who emerge as unlikely heroes from the shadows of a city's occupation. At once lyrical and visceral, the film enters the apocalyptic world of Nanjing in 1937 only to find a vibrant human story about the invisible people of the city and a series of unexpected relationships that lead to a resonant act of sacrifice."

This one is a keeper.

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