Synopsis
When a violin prodigy Xiaochun and his father head to Beijing seeking fame and fortune, they soon discover a fierce world of cutthroat ambition. But when Xiaochun is "adopted" by a famous music tutor, success finally seems within reach - until a shocking discovery begins to unravel his entire world, and the boy must make the most difficult choice of his life. Can he achieve the fame his father had always hoped for without losing the extraordinary passion that sets him apart?
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Cast
- Yun TangXiao Chun
- Hong ChenLi Li
- Liu PeiqiLiu Cheng
- Cheng QianLi Li's Boyfriend
- Chen KaigeProfessor Yu
- Hye-ri KimProf. Yu's Wife
- Zhiwen WangJiang
- Qiang ChenHui
- Bing LiuDebao
- Chuan-Yuan LiTang Rong
Recommendations
- 100
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Together is a likely candidate to become that one foreign-language film that jumps out of the art houses each year to become a mainstream phenomenon. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
To contextualize the story's lack of subtlety, it helps to see these casting choices as ongoing penance for the time when, as a boy, Chen denounced his own father to the Red Guard. - 70
Chicago Reader
Chen tries to generate some suspense, but there's never any doubt which side has to win. - 70
Wall Street Journal
Pays off in surprising ways, when love of music, and fame, plays second fiddle to love of family. - 63
Boston Globe
The film doesn't amount to an emotionally palpable experience. Most of the stops it attempts to pull out are rusty. The movie ends with a gigantic lump in its throat, one that would take a tall glass of Barbara Stanwyck to wash down. - 63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
If you're in the mood for tears and triumph, with a dash of exoticism, Together may well be the film for you. - 63
Miami Herald
A high tolerance for syrupy melodrama is required in order to enjoy Together. - 60
Los Angeles Times
The result is a sure-fire crowd-pleaser that will strike Chen's admirers as a heartfelt but decidedly minor effort.
