Together: Yun Tang, Peiqi Liu, Hong Chen, Zhiwen Wang, Kaige Chen, Qiang Chen, Qing Zhang, Hye-ri Kim, Bing Liu, Chuan-Yuan Li, Ru-Yun Tang, Haiyan Zhang, Bolun Li, Buting Yang, Ernst Etchie Stroh, Xiao Lu Xue: Amazon.ca: Video

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5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful Reality! A Masterpiece of Chinese Films in a decade, April 19 2004

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Hikaru (Suita, Osaka Japan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Together (Widescreen Sub AC3 Dol) (DVD)

Remarkable depiction of the strong bond between father and son. As an acclaimed Director, Kaige Chen presents us with a drama not only touching but close to sober reality.

Leaving their countryside hometown, a 13-year old boy Xiaochun came out to a crowded Beijing station with his father Liu Cheng, to entree a contest with high hope that it might lead to find a way to make his son a professional violinist. But the father soon sees nonsense and the harsh reality. Yet, regardless of their financially hard situation and not minding his rustic outfit, the father strives for finding a teacher to give his son a chance. With arduous persuasion, after the boy was finally accepted as a student by the Professor who is rather down on his luck, his father scurries about to get a job and take care of things to keep the lessons now his son has.

Watching the father Liu Cheng (played by Peiqi Liu) trying the best for his son Xiaochun (played by Yun Tang) is painfully heartwarming. Liu Peiqi's performance as an overwhelmingly caring father who does everything he can for his son, is a great achievement and an asset to this film. Emotional scenes played by Yun and the arias will touch your heart many times.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Un chef d'oeuvre touchant - A touching masterpiece, Dec 28 2008

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Heron Bleu (Montreal, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Together (Widescreen Sub AC3 Dol) (DVD)

Probablement un des films les plus touchant que j'ai vu de ma vie (j'ai 48 ans). On comprend l'étendu et la profondeur de mes propos seulement si l'on se rend jusqu'à la fin du film ET si vous n'avez pas un coeur de pierre.

Probably one of the most touching movies I have viewed in my life (I'm 48). One can understand the depth of these preceeding words only if you see the end of this movie AND if you heart is not made of stone.

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3.0 out of 5 stars slight but appealing film, May 22 2004

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Roland E. Zwick (Valencia, Ca USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Together (Widescreen Sub AC3 Dol) (DVD)

"Together" is a Chinese film about a 13-year-old violin prodigy and his father, who travel to Beijing to find the boy the best mentor their money can buy. While there, they meet a number of colorful characters, including a dissolute music teacher who's nursing a broken heart, and a hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold who befriends the youngster.

Although in broad outline "Together" reads a bit like a soap opera, the superb actors and the director's sly way with a plot device and a characterization make the film feel less clichéd and stereotypical than it might otherwise have been. Thanks to some adroit filmmaking, there's more a sense of life than of plot devices being played out here. The filial relationship between father and son is warmly and fully developed, with much of what passes between them being implied and unspoken. The teacher and the prostitute also feel more fully rounded than they otherwise might in lesser hands. Part of the fun lies, also, in all the little details we get to see of daily life in Beijing.

"Together" is, ultimately, a rather slight film, but it has feeling and heart and isn't ashamed to wear those qualities on its sleeve.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not Too Convincing
Yes, we have some nice clips of violin music here and there and some rather interesting depictions of how people live in Beijing. Read more

Published on Jun 17 2004 by BLee

5.0 out of 5 stars out-of-this-world
A master piece comes across only once in 10 years! Highly recommanded to all viewers and thumbs up for the producer!