Coming Home - Clip

During the Cultural Revolution in China, Lu Yanshi was viciously torn away from his beloved wife Feng Wanyu and forced to work in a labour camp. In an enormously risky operation, he manages to escape his imprisonment in order to meet Wanyu at a rail station - unfortunately, their secret meeting plans are betrayed to the prison officials and he is immediately re-arrested. Many years later, the Revolution has ended and he is finally freed. However, when he returns home to his wife, he discovers that she is suffering permanent amnesia following an accident and doesn't believe Yanshi to be her husband. Instead, she waits patiently each day for Yanshi's return while he desperately tries to jog her memory. When his efforts seem fruitless, he does what he can to remain close to her - even if it means leaving their romance behind.

'Coming Home' is a harrowing Chinese drama based on the novel 'The Criminal Lu Yanshi' by Geling Yan. The movie has been directed by double BAFTA winner Yimou Zhang ('The Flowers of War', 'House of Flying Daggers', 'Hero') and written by Jingzhi Zou ('Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles', 'The Grandmaster', 'My Kingdom'), and it is set for release in the UK and US soon.