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Free Film "Getting Home" Wednesday, March 12 at 6:30 PM, Wang Center Theater - Confucius Institute at Stony Brook University

“A falling leaf returns to its roots” is the Chinese proverb that is at the heart of “Getting Home.” In this soulful and humane comedy, Zhao, a middle-aged construction worker, struggles to keep his promise to fulfill a dying co-worker's last wish: to be buried in his home village in China's Three Gorges region. Setting out with his colleague's body in tow, Zhao travels hundreds of miles across extraordinary countryside, encountering a number of colorful adventures and characters– and even discovering love in some unlikely quarters as he “returns the fallen leaf to its roots.” Director Zhang Yang's humorous and moving tale of friendship offers a powerful, and sometimes slapstick, commentary on the value of community and human connectivity in modern China.
.Admission: Free. Open to all.

Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Time: 6:30PM – 8:30 PM
Place: Wang Center Theater, Stony Brook University
For more information: (631) 632-5477 or ConfuciusInstitute@stonybrook.edu
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