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ZHOU YU’S TRAIN

"Perplexing Plotlines"

What You Need To Know:

ZHOU YU’S TRAIN is a romantic Chinese drama with a confusing story. The movie opens in the middle of the story with a young Chinese woman, Zhou Yu, taking a train to the countryside, apparently to visit her lover, a handsome poet named Chen Ching, who works for a rural state library. On the train, she meets a young veterinarian, Zhang, who is drawn to her. The movie then goes back and forth in time describing Zhou’s relationship with Chen and how she becomes friends with Zhang. When Chen abruptly leaves f or a teaching job in Tibet, Zhou succumbs to Zhang’s manly charms. A couple final plot twists may leave viewers more perplexed than enlightened.

Although he writes lovely poems about Zhou, Chen obviously is indecisive about where he wants their relationship to go. Zhou, however, reacts rather passively. Faced with such indecisive, passive characters, viewers probably will not find ZHOU YU’S TRAIN of much interest. The filmmakers have taken great care with the photography, however, and, although the movie is ultimately hard to unravel, they obviously went to great lengths to piece the time-shifting plot together. Some may still find the romantic interludes captivating.

Content:

(Ro, Co, V, S, N, A, D, M) Romantic worldview and Communist regime seems to control library, teachers, schools, and man’s life; no foul language; bus falls off cliff and crashes and woman deliberately throws vase to the ground and it shatters; implied fornication with couples in bed and passionate kissing in a couple scenes include woman kisses man’s bare chest; upper male nudity; alcohol; smoking; and, man does not tell girlfriend when he moves to another city far away.

GENRE: Drama

More Detail:

ZHOU YU’S TRAIN is a Chinese romantic drama with a confusing story.

The movie opens in the middle of the story with a young Chinese woman, Zhou Yu, taking a train to the countryside, apparently to visit her lover, a handsome poet named Chen Ching, who works for a rural state library. On the train, she meets a young veterinarian, Zhang, who is drawn to her. The movie then goes back and forth in time describing Zhou’s relationship with Chen and how she becomes friends with Zhang. In between these scenes, the movie shows brief shots of a woman with short hair, who may or may not be an older Zhou.

Chen tells Zhou that the library must close and he is scheduled to take a teaching job in Tibet. He fails to tell her, however, that he is leaving soon, so when he is suddenly gone, she finally succumbs to the veterinarian’s entreaties of love. Eventually, Zhang discovers that Zhou is still pining over Chen, so he lets her go. A final twist in the story may leave viewers more perplexed than enlightened.

Although he writes lovely poems about Zhou, Chen obviously is indecisive about where he wants their relationship to go. Zhou, however, reacts rather passively. Faced with such indecisive, passive characters, viewers probably will not find ZHOU YU’S TRAIN of much interest. The filmmakers have taken great care with the photography, however, and, although the movie is ultimately hard to unravel, they obviously went to great lengths to piece the time-shifting plot together. Thus, some may still find the romantic and poetic interludes captivating.

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Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.

What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.

You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.

Movieguide® is a 501c3 and all donations are tax deductible.