Another outstanding film by Zhang Yimou, it really is. If there is one country that can still make real heart warming dramas, it's the mainland. This film is truely outstanding. The idea of switching between colour and black & white in the film depicting the different times as they flash back is great.

If you like drams, this is a must. I'm surprised hardly anyone else has appeared to have seen this, even for the fact that Zhang Zi Yi is in it. Though she was still a new actress at this time, she really seems to be putting her heart into this film, as though she had been in the film industry all her life.

Highly recommended.

Rating: 5/5