My Country, My Parents

My Country, My Parents
Traditional Chinese我和我的父輩
Simplified Chinese我和我的父辈
Hanyu Pinyinwǒ hé wǒ de fùbèi
Directed byWu Jing
Zhang Ziyi
Xu Zheng
Shen Teng
Produced byFu Ruoqing
StarringWu Jing
Zhang Ziyi
Xu Zheng
Shen Teng
Production
companies
China Film Co., Ltd.
Release date
  • 30 September 2021 (2021-09-30) (China)
Running time
157 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
Box office$210.3 million
A bus with the advertisement of this film in Beijing

My Country, My Parents (Chinese: 我和我的父辈) is a 2021 Chinese three-part anthology drama film, consisting of four segments directed by four directors, Wu Jing, Zhang Ziyi, Xu Zheng, and Shen Teng.[1] The four directors also star in their own stories, each covering a different genre and taking place in different periods from the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1942 to a futuristic world in 2050.[1] The film became the third installment in a series that celebrates the founding of the People's Republic of China on 1 October 1949, with two prequels, My People, My Country and My People, My Homeland, released in 2019 and 2020, respectively.[2] The film was released in China on September 30, 2021, to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the establishment of the People's Republic of China.

  1. ^ a b Lim Yian Lu (11 October 2021). "My Country, My Parents review: 4 patriotic stories about China's forefathers". Yahoo. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  2. ^ Patrick, Brzeski (3 October 2021). "China Box Office: "Battle at Lake Changjin" Gets Underway With $235M Opening". The Hollywoodreporter. Retrieved 15 October 2021.