THE FLOWERS OF WAR - Golden Globe Nominee January 13, 2012

THE FLOWERS OF WAR, 2011, 145 min. Dir. Zhang Yimou. This epic war drama is set in 1937 during the second Sino-Japanese War. Oscar-winner Christian Bale plays an American missionary at a Catholic church in Nanjing, China. When the Japanese invade, a group of schoolgirls and local prostitutes seek sanctuary on the church grounds and Haufman becomes their protector. China’s official Oscar submission, and one of the most expensive productions ever mounted in that country. In Mandarin and English.

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