![]() Soon a group of flamboyant prostitutes arrive at the cathedral, seeking refuge by hiding in the cellar. He finds George, an orphan boy who was raised by the dead priest and taught English. John Miller, an American mortician on a task to bury the head priest, joins the group of innocent schoolgirls. As the Japanese overrun the Chinese army, desperate schoolgirls flee to the sanctuary of their convent at a Western-run Roman Catholic cathedral. ![]() The Japanese Imperial Army overruns China's capital city, Nanking, in December and carries out the Nanking massacre. In 1937, Japan invades China, beginning the Second Sino-Japanese War. The film's North American distribution rights were acquired by Wrekin Hill Entertainment, in association with Row 1 Productions, leading to an Oscar-qualifying limited release in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco in late December 2011, with general release in January 2012. The 6th Asian Film Awards presented The Flowers of War with several individual nominations, including Best Film. It also received a nomination for the 69th Golden Globe Awards. It was selected as the Chinese entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, but did not make the final shortlist. ![]() A group of escapees, finding sanctuary in a church compound, try to survive the Japanese atrocities. The story is set in Nanking, China, during the 1937 Nanking Massacre in the Second Sino-Japanese War. The film is based on a novella by Geling Yan, 13 Flowers of Nanjing, inspired by the diary of Minnie Vautrin. Transcendent and timeless, its pages about love, friendship, and independence, written in the 19th century, continue to loan themselves to the screen.The Flowers of War ( Chinese: 金陵十三钗) is a 2011 historical drama war film directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Zhang Xinyi, Tong Dawei, Atsuro Watabe, Shigeo Kobayashi and Cao Kefan. Louisa May Alcott’s seminal novel was a rite of passage, and completing it felt as triumphant as Jo March finally becoming an author. ![]() They remember where they were when they first read about Amy and Jo’s sibling rivalry, Laurie and Jo’s tortured love, and Beth’s tearful goodbye.
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