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1. The film The Flowers of War takes place in Nanjing, China during the Japanese occupation in 1937. It follows John Miller, an American mortician who hides in a Catholic church that becomes a shelter for refugee girls fleeing the invasion. 2. When the Japanese colonel demands the girls sing for their celebration, Miller tries to protect them. The prostitutes then volunteer to go in the girls' place. 3. At the end, Miller disguises the girls on a truck and helps them escape as the fates of the prostitutes are unknown. The film shows sacrifice during war and cultural similarities between the Philippines and China.

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Title of The Film: Name of The Director: Year It Was Made: Original Language

1. The film The Flowers of War takes place in Nanjing, China during the Japanese occupation in 1937. It follows John Miller, an American mortician who hides in a Catholic church that becomes a shelter for refugee girls fleeing the invasion. 2. When the Japanese colonel demands the girls sing for their celebration, Miller tries to protect them. The prostitutes then volunteer to go in the girls' place. 3. At the end, Miller disguises the girls on a truck and helps them escape as the fates of the prostitutes are unknown. The film shows sacrifice during war and cultural similarities between the Philippines and China.

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Intercultural Film Club Worksheet 1: Describing Films

Name: _Sarreal, Jericho James S. Group: ___________________

Year & Section: _BSAeE 1-4____ Date: ____________________

Title of the film: The Flowers of War

Name of the director: Zhang Yimou

Year it was made: 2011

Original language: Mandarin, English, Japanese

Location in which it is Nanjing, China


set:
Summary of the plot: There was a mortician named John Miller which is the
protagonist of the story. He was to bury his father remains but were
interrupted by the war. Now with nothing to do, he pretended to be
a priest and remained in the church. The church then became a
shelter for refugees. Soon a platoon tried to invade the church but
is then repelled by Major Li who then died in the process. John
then tries to protect the refugees on their escape. With the defeat
of Nanjing the schoolgirls are then invited by the Japanese
Colonel, to sing for them in a celebration fearing for the safety of
the schoolgirls, John rejects this offer but the Colonel held his
words as it was an order from the higher ranks.
The schoolgirls then decided that they would be better off dead
than to be in the hands of the Japanese. Their suicide was stopped
when the prostitutes volunteered to take their place for the
Japanese celebration. The next day, the "13 Flowers of Nanjing"
are led away by the unsuspecting Japanese soldiers. After they
depart, Miller hides the schoolgirls on the truck he repaired and
escapes. The fates of the 13 Flowers where never revealed.
A surprising or During the time when two of the prostitutes went back to
confusing incident in their brothel to get strings and their earrings. That was unusual
the film:
behavior for any person especially during times of war.
An interesting Our own Filipino culture have some similarities that I have
cultural difference or observed. For example, the love for music, even at times of war
similarity:
we show great sense of faith that even in war, our hope still
remains in our hearts. This can be related to the EDSA People
Power Revolution which even despite the political diversity, a
simple jingle/song gave a sense of unity under one goal. It unites
us and gives a single goal to keep on going. Another culture
relatable is the sense of sacrifice. This can be related to parental
love that gives us the sense of putting your place on the place of
the children to ease their pain.
Overall opinion about The film was unique since rather than portraying the heroism
the film: or bravery through an act of valor in war, they used a sacrifice to
portray the act of kindness. It was an unusual plot but still was an
eye-opener to show off the kindness. It was also highly relevant to
the Chinese culture because of the Japanese occupation.

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