Watch: A Thousand Years of Good Prayers 2007 123movies, Full Movie Online – A Chinese man travels to America to visit his estranged daughter after her recent divorce. Though his trip starts off as a mission to see his daughter remarry, he sparks to an Iranian woman who, despite their language barrier, captures his heart..
Plot: The film follows Mr. Shi, a retired widower from Beijing. When his only daughter, Yilan, who lives in Spokane, Washington and works as a librarian, gets divorced, he decides to visit her to help her heal. However, Yilan is not interested. She tries keeping an emotional distance but when this finally fails she begins physically avoiding her father. He confronts her about an affair with a married Russian man and she, in turn, lets loose about all the gossip she’d heard as a young girl about his alleged affair with a female colleague back in China.
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6.7/10 Votes: 1,131 | |
79% | RottenTomatoes | |
64/100 | MetaCritic | |
N/A Votes: 13 Popularity: 2.689 | TMDB |
Pointless Family Drama that Goes Nowhere
The retired rocket scientist Mr. Kun Shi (Henry O) arrives in the United States of America to visit his daughter Yilan (Feihong Yu), who moved twelve years ago from China to America with her husband Keming and now is divorced. Mr. Shi tries to approach to his estranged daughter and expect to help her to find another husband. Meanwhile he befriends an Iranian old lady (Vida Ghahremani) in a park, and despite their language barrier and difficulties, they meet each other everyday. When Mr. Shi sees his daughter with the Russian Boris (Pasha D. Lychnikoff) late night, they finally have a honest conversation with each other.“A Thousand Years of Good Prayers” is a pointless family drama that goes nowhere. The story has a promising beginning with the encounter of an old Chinese with his estranged daughter and with an Iranian woman, but the plot and subplots are not well resolved and are cold and emotionless. Maybe if I had had a lesser expectation, I could have liked this little film more. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): “Mil Anos de Orações” (“A Thousand Years of Prayers”)
Peaceful & Inspiring
Boy! Just what we need more of in our world today! Such a thoughtful piece. I could almost want to watch it again, now that I’m more familiar with the story and the language barriers. It moves slowly and quietly, murmuring life along its way. I loved it! I don’t want to say anything negative except that a couple of reviews were unduly critical and mean spirited.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 23 min (83 min) (Germany), 1 hr 23 min (83 min) (USA), 1 hr 23 min (83 min) (Argentina), 1 hr 23 min (83 min) (Toronto International) (Canada)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Unrated
Genre Drama
Director Wayne Wang
Writer Yiyun Li
Actors Henry O, Pasha D. Lychnikoff, Feihong Yu
Country United States
Awards 5 wins
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.78 : 1
Camera Sony HDW-F900
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format Video
Cinematographic Process HDCAM
Printed Film Format 35 mm