2011 · war · drama · historical
The Flowers of War
Directed by Zhang Yimou2h 26m2011
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.
Our read: The Flowers of War (2011) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded war · drama · historical entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme war / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
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