The Flowers of War

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Properties (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf film
gptkbp:awardedBy gptkb:Best_Foreign_Language_Film_at_the_2012_Golden_Globe_Awards
gptkbp:basedOn The 1993 novel by Geling Yan
gptkbp:boxOffice $91 million
gptkbp:budget $30 million
gptkbp:character gptkb:John_Miller
gptkb:Shu_Yanan
the priest
the schoolgirls
Chinese_soldiers
Japanese_soldiers
Yin_San
gptkbp:characterDevelopment moral dilemmas
complex characters
gptkbp:cinematographyBy gptkb:Rodrigo_Prieto
gptkbp:criticalReception mixed reviews
gptkbp:culturalHeritage Second Sino-Japanese War
gptkbp:culturalImpact awareness of historical events
discussion of war ethics
gptkbp:culturalSignificance exploration of human resilience
depiction of war's impact on civilians
representation of women's roles in war
historical_representation_of_Nanjing_Massacre
gptkbp:directedBy gptkb:Zhang_Yimou
gptkbp:distributor gptkb:Warner_Bros._Pictures
gptkbp:editedBy Yin_Yi
gptkbp:filmingLocation gptkb:Nanjing
gptkb:Shanghai
gptkbp:genre war drama
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Flowers of War
gptkbp:influences historical events
The_Rape_of_Nanking
gptkbp:inspiredBy true events
gptkbp:language gptkb:Mandarin
gptkbp:musicBy gptkb:Qigang_Chen
gptkbp:narrativeStyle non-linear_storytelling
gptkbp:premieredOn gptkb:Toronto_International_Film_Festival
gptkbp:releasedIn December 16, 2011
gptkbp:runtime 146 minutes
gptkbp:screenplayBy gptkb:Zhang_Yimou
gptkb:Geling_Yan
gptkb:Liu_Heng
gptkbp:setIn gptkb:Nanjing,_China
gptkbp:starring gptkb:Christian_Bale
gptkb:Xinyi_Zhang
Ni Ni
gptkbp:style historical accuracy
vivid cinematography
gptkbp:theme love
sacrifice
survival
war atrocities