Huo zhe = To liveCall Number: PN1997 .H874 2003 DVD
Chinese, with optional subtitles. In a smoky gambling den in 1940s China, a drunken young man runs through his family's fortune, losing their ancestral home and all their possessions. This staggering loss proves to be their salvation and the first step in an odyssey of survival that will take them through war and revolution, love and loss, tragedy and triumph. Winner, Grand Jury Prize, 1994 Cannes Film Festival.