To Live

Name: To Live
Director: Zhang Yimou
Released: 1994
Duration: 133 min
Rating: 8.3
Cast: You Ge, Gong Li, Ben Niu, Wu Jiang, Deng Fei

1994 · 133 MIN · IMDB 8.3 · 21,276 VOTES · DIR. Zhang Yimou

Overview

Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry. Addicted to gambling, Fugui loses everything. In the years that follow he is pressed into both the nationalist and communist armies, while Jiazhen is forced into menial work.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,286 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:16 ERA International (HK) Ltd. Presents

00:06:58 Will you cut it out?

00:11:32 Get out of my sight!

00:18:00 So let's do what must be done.

00:24:04 Master Fugui! It's been a year at least.

00:32:13 No one's left.

00:40:38 wounded me

00:47:50 But it's not just that.

00:52:54 To deliver water to the steelworks.

00:58:48 And sabotage of the Great Leap Forward!

01:04:23 Enough?

01:11:28 Cold dumplings are bad for the tummy.

01:18:59 I meant to call...

01:23:28 "The older, the more reactionary."

01:28:51 What do you think?

01:33:49 In good times, we think of Chairman Mao.

01:40:13 Come on in!

01:44:16 Chunsheng.

01:48:41 We'll bring the baby to see you.

01:52:18 Erxi, I'm worried.

01:57:11 That's not a name!

02:01:10 Help us!

02:05:56 Are you happy?

02:09:46 and life will get better and better.

Cast & Characters

You Ge Xu Fugui Gong Li Xu Jiazhen Ben Niu Town Chief Wu Jiang Wan Erxi Deng Fei Xu Youqing Guo Tao Chunsheng Tianchi Liu Xu Fengxia, as an adult Zongluo Huang Fu Gui's Dad Yanjin Liu Fu Gui's Mom Dahong Ni Long'er

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,286

Dialogue density9.7 lines / min

First line00:00:16

Final line02:09:46

Production Record

DirectorZhang Yimou

LanguageChinese

IMDb votes21,276