Saturday, March 29, 2003

Just saw a very good movie: He2 ni2 zai4 yi4 qi3 (Together) I am too tired to give a plot summary, so I lifted the following summary from a website:

Together is a coming-of-age tale woven together with the harmony and intensity of a complex musical orchestration. Xiaochun is a 13-year-old boy, a talented violinist who lives with his father in a small, provincial Chinese city. Shy and sensitive, music is his way of expressing his feelings. Xiaochun’s sweet-natured father wants the best for him, so they move to immense, metropolitan Beijing so that Xiaochun can audition for a prestigious music school and take lessons that befit his talent. But Xiaochun’s new world is unlike any he’s known. He meets new and demanding teachers, discovers true friendship, falls in love for the first time, learns how painful love can be, and comes to understand the true meaning of music. With his world splitting in two and everyone telling him what they want for him, Xiaochun has to figure out what he wants for himself.

In a nutshell, it's a very touching story, and the characters are interesting and as a bonus, it is filled with beauitful music. My parents, after seeing this movie, took the unprecedented step of mailing the VCD to me. So I guess you can say this movie bear the stamp of approval of the entire Shi/Wang family. Anyway, the movie is coming out in America in May. Now must sleep.

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