Saturday,
November 1st
DFS members please
present a Screening Coupon -- Non-members:
$15.00 per person
Doors Open at
Questions
and Answer immediately following the film.
Cast: Tang
Yun, Lui
Peiqi, Chen
Hong
Director: Chen
Kaige
Xiaochun
is a 13-year-old violin prodigy who lives with his father, Liu Cheng, in
a provincial Chinese city. Shy and sensitive, Xiaochun doesn’t say much
– music is his way of expressing his feelings – but his entire life changes
when his father, wanting the best for him, takes him to live in immense
In this exciting new world, Xiaochun studies with demanding teachers and is introduced to the cutthroat world of professional music. Through the people he meets – and seeing the consequences they’ve had to face – he also learns how painful life’s choices can be. Liu Cheng wants Xiaochun to grow up as a world-class violinist and live the successful life he himself couldn’t dream of, but as his training intensifies, Xiaochun has to figure out what he wants for himself – and how much he’s willing to give up for it. Ultimately, Xiaochun realizes how he truly feels about music and comes to understand the strength of his father’s love.
Featuring
an extraordinary classical soundtrack and woven together with the harmony
and intensity of a complex musical orchestration, Chen Kaige’s Together
is a stirring drama about the power of music and the importance of family.
But for all the film’s warmth and humor, Chen also provides a subtle critique
of contemporary
Together
won three Golden Roosters in its native country,
Reviews
"Together
is nothing short of a melodious masterpiece."-- Andrew
Sarris, NEW
YORK OBSERVER
"[T]here's
really everything to recommend in here; beautifully directed, wonderfully
acted and it's just a great looking film."-- Richard
Roeper, EBERT
& ROEPER