The Chinese Widow

2017 · directed by Bille August

Rating
68/100
Hit
no

It’s 1941 and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has destroyed America’s morale. The US President Franklin D. Roosevelt then decides to risk it all by bombing Tokyo and raise more hope for his citizens. After completing its mission, a unit of the US Air Force is forced to make an emergency landing in China. Its commander Jack Turner (Emilie Hirsch) barely survives but gets rescued by Ying (Crystal Liu), a local widow who will stop at nothing to hide him from the Japanese occupant.

The Chinese Widow (2017), directed by Bille August, rates 68/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Liu Yifei
  • Emile Hirsch
  • Fangcong Li
  • Kevin Yan Yikuan
  • Yu Shaoqun
  • Vincent Riotta
  • Tsukagoshi Hirotaka
  • Gallen Law Ka-leung
  • Shu Yaoxuan
  • Gong Hanlin

Crew

  • Filip Zumbrunn — Director of Photography
  • Gerd Tjur — Editor
  • Greg Latter — Writer

More from Bille August

  1. Pelle the Conqueror (1987) — 83/100 · hit
  2. The Best Intentions (1992) — 81/100 · hit
  3. To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — 79/100
  4. A Fortunate Man (2018) — 76/100
  5. Les Misérables (1998) — 72/100
  6. Return to Sender (2004) — 64/100

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