Trailer For 'The Flowers Of War'

 

The trailer has been released for 'The Flowers Of War', a new war epic from director Zhang Yimou. Based on a novel by Yan Geling, the film stars Christian Bale as missionary who is caught up in the chaos in Nanking as the Japanese Imperial Army overran the Chinese capital city in 1937.

Synopsis

Set in 1937, Nanking stands at the forefront of a war between China and Japan. As the invading Japanese Imperial Army overruns China's capital city, desperate civilians seek refuge behind the nominally protective walls of a western cathedral. Here, John Haufman (Bale), an American trapped amidst the chaos of battle and the ensuing occupation takes shelter, joined by a group of innocent schoolgirls and thirteen courtesans, equally determined to escape the horrors taking place outside the church walls.

'The Flowers Of War' opens across China on the 16th December, 2011.

 

 

 

Posted October 21, 2011