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Isn't Huozhe the same exact film?

posted 19 years ago by silentcheesedude
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I see that some comments of this movie shows that it's the same as 'Huozhe', or 'To Live' in English. But the director and actors laid out here are different. I saw Huozhe and thought it was a wonderful movie worthy of the same rating that this movie receives. IMDB shows no further information that I could find. Not even Google brought me anything satisfying, and, since this movie is not on DVD or Video per IMDB, what movie is this exactly? Is this a predecessor to Huozhe, just a different version, or are we looking at the same exact movie?

Well appreciated for the effort if anyone can research this for me.

[–] silentcheesedude 19 years ago

Posted by - sienel on Fri Feb 25 2005 19:17:06 in the 'I need to know' message board

They are two different completely unrelated movies.

The plot for Fau sai luen kuk is described here: http://members.tripod.com/~ginacao/plot.htm (and here http://www.cinematheque.bc.ca/archives/hong.html and here http://www.evanschan.com/JourneyToBeijing/AboutToLive.html). The IMDb lists its English title as To Live, but from what I've seen while Googling I think it's actually To Liv(e).

IMDb users are not always the brightest of folks, and they will often submit their comments to the wrong titles. (A hint, kids: if you're writing a comment that describes the wonderful direction by Zhang Yimou and the brilliant acting of Gong Li, and the IMDb does not list Zhang Yimou or Gong Li in the credits, then maybe you're not on the User Comment page for the right movie [] .)

edited to add: I'm going to submit a plot outline for Fau sai luen kuk, report the User Comments as belonging to the wrong title (I believe the IMDb can move them to the correct title now), and submit a change to the English aka title.