Video Divina: The Road Home

St. Monica's Parish Hall - 6405 Terrebonne, Montreal, Qc.



City businessman Luo Yusheng returns to his home village in North China for the funeral of his father, the revered local teacher. He finds his elderly mother insisting that all the traditional burial customs be observed, despite the fact that times have changed. The people of the village must carry his father's body through a snow-storm back to the village, along "the road home". As Yusheng considers the complications involved in organizing such an event, he recalls the powerful story of how his parents met, discovered love, and despite adversity, married and educated generations of villagers, who now are happy to return to their master the love he offered them. As a life of love comes full circle, it gives integrity and wholeness to Yusheng.

Directed by: Zhang Yimou
China,1999 - Mandarin with English subtitles