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Synopsis: In 1937 China, during the second Sino-Japanese war, a mortician, John (Christian Bale) arrives at a Catholic church in Nanjing to prepare a priest for burial. Upon arrival he finds himself the lone adult among a group of convent girl students and prostitutes from a nearby brothel. When he finds himself in the unwanted position of protector of both groups from the horrors of the invading Japanese army, he discovers the meaning of sacrifice and honor.
Director(s): Yimou Zhang
Production: Wrekin Hill Entertainment
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 12 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
46
Rotten Tomatoes:
42%
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Year:
2011
146 min
$308,164
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he promised to let us stay.

Ask that bastard Gu to come out!

He's really not here.

How come?

He ran off this morning.

You should go to the refuge.

We're not leaving.

Hey! How dare you!

Hurry.

Go to the refuge!

To the refuge!

The refuge doesn't even

have space left for maggots.

Please, have some mercy and let us in.

Don't jump.

They're from the red-light district.

What's that?

It means brothel.

They were the famous

women of the Qin Huai River.

The myths surrounding them

were as ancient as the city of Nanking.

That's a Westerner!

Is he a priest?

No way.

What kind of priest would be such a flirt?

Who cares,

as long as he can protect us.

True.

Come up here.

This was stolen from the bowels of hell.

Long time not make bread.

Long time not make bread? No bread?

Not tonight, tonight we're having bread.

These women quickly took over the cellar.

It was once a filthy, messy place,

but within hours,

they had transformed it

into the Qin Huai River.

The fragrance of rouge and perfume

danced up through the air.

I can smell the bread.

We are coming up!

I couldn't stop them.

Hello.

I remember

when I first saw these women,

they were tramps,

parading around in their lingerie,

not the graceful ladies

that the legends of Qin Huai

had portrayed them to be.

Look, this should be good.

George,

you little sh*t,

you said there was no wine here.

Excuse me.

What's he saying?

Holy hooch!

How dare you drink the wine!

Now the Westerner Knows about the wine.

We sell the wine to raise

money for orphans.

We're all orphans.

We also need help.

That's right.

What are they saying?

They said they're orphans!

Orphans?

Well, I'd like to adopt all of you,

right now.

Adopt all of us?

You would not be able to cope.

You are not the only

ones who speak English!

That's right!

You speak English?

The Westerner is a playboy.

Of course! Haven't you heard?

Westerners with beards are the horniest!

No wonder she is

the top girl of the Qin Huai River.

Mo, use all of your skills.

Seduce him!

That's right.

Make the big nose go crazy for us!

My name is John.

And you are?

Yu Mo.

Yu Mo.

I like that.

So what do you and your companions do?

We are kindergarten teachers.

Really? Kindergarten teachers.

Shameless.

And you?

What do you do?

I'm also a kindergarten teacher.

So as,

teacher to teacher,

you wanna...

get together and have a cup of joe, or...

What're those two yapping about?

Tell me.

Nothing. He's asking your price.

I told him.

He thinks you are too cheap.

There's no coffee.

Let's get liquored up.

Cheers.

The kindergarten fee is enough?

You coming?

I want you to take us out of Nanking.

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