Shanghai Story (2004)

Shanghai Story 2004 / 美麗上海 美丽上海 2004 / Meili Shanghai , Beautiful Shanghai

The rise and fall of a family in Shanghai. Once wealthy and capitalist, the family unraveled during the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s and 1970s. Their home, once a French concession mansion, was converted into a multi-family dwelling. Years later, the matriarch of the family announces that she is dying. When her four grown children return, it becomes the first time the family has been under one roof in decades. A family drama, the film was the surprise winner of the 19th Golden Rooster Awards in China, where it won best picture over the heavily favored House of Flying Daggers. (Source: IMDB) (Source: Wikipedia)