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A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
Drama, Romance - 2007
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
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The film follows Mr. Shi, a retired widower from Beijing. When his only daughter, Yilan, who lives in Spokane, Washington and works as a librarian, gets divorced, he decides to visit her to help her heal. However, Yilan is not interested. She tries keeping an emotional distance but when this finally fails she begins physically avoiding her father. He confronts her about an affair with a married Russian man and she, in turn, lets loose about all the gossip she'd heard as a young girl about his alleged affair with a female colleague back in China.
Director:
,
Wayne Wang
Cast:
,
Henry O
,
Yu Feihong
,
Vida Ghahremani
,
Pasha D. Lychnikoff
,
Jared Wagner

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Details

Rated:
Unrated
Runtime:
83 min
Release date:
25 Sep 2007
Country:
US
Languages:
Chinese, English, Persian (Farsi)
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
5 wins

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers feels like a fragile wafer of a movie, but it fills you like a three-course meal.
– Ty Burr,
Boston Globe,
17 Oct 2008
rotten:
A quiet work with Ozu-like structure and concerns, but remains more an intellectual exercise than one from the heart.
– Todd McCarthy,
Variety,
18 Oct 2008
fresh:
Wang's approach is measured and restrained, his shots simple and immaculate, the emotional stakes deepening scene by scene. It's a miniature gem.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
6 Nov 2008
fresh:
A keenly observed portrait of a parent and child estranged by geography, language, ideology and generation. In other words, a universal story of family in the age of globalization.
– Carrie Rickey,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
20 Nov 2008
fresh:
As in most of Wang's films, a memorable cast of characters compensates for a serviceable plot.
– Joshua Katzman,
Chicago Reader,
16 Dec 2008
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