The Flowers of War

[MacGuffin]

Trailer here.

Release Date: December 23rd, 2011 (limited)

Starring: Christian Bale, Tong Da-wei, Cao Kefan, Zhang Yimou, Paul Schneider

Directed by: Zhang Yimou

Premise: In Nanjing, China, circa 1937, an American watches as refugees flock to a church to flee the violence of the Sino-Japanese War.

[O.]

The author of the original novel this film is based upon is an alumni at my school, so I'm a little excited.