In the 1930s, japan moved farther into china on its conquering charge. Miller (christian bale) is searching for a cathedral in order to help bury a priest. Arriving at the city of nanking, already under attack, he must help protect the women and children from the invaders. And what a group of women; a mix of young students, and prostitutes, which have been able to mostly keep the soldiers out of the cathedral. But when the girls are forced to go sing at an officer's party, this may be their chance for escape. It's long, but good. Gets a little overly-complicated at times. Based on the novel by geling yan. The plot is very similar to inn of the sixth happiness, from 1958. Flowers of war is directed by yimou zhang. He had directed the awesome red lantern back in 1991. Check it out if you haven't seen it. He won a bafta award for that one.
Review of The Flowers of War
