The Knot (2006)
9/10
Good Movie
2 January 2007
Warning: Spoilers
I saw this movie with a bag oranges for an afternoon entertainment but I ate only two before I felt guilty. This is a moving story telling about true love and should be dealt with seriously.

The story began in the 1940s when Chen Qiushui(Chen Kun)was a diligent medical student who came to a rich dentist's home as a home-teacher.There he met the pretty girl Wang Biyun(Xu Ruoxuan)who was the elder daughter.By teaching Biyun's younger brother they had a pleasant time together and eventually fell in love with each other.Later Chen was discovered to be a communist radical. He was fired by Biyun's mother and he had to escape from TaiWan. However,Biyun was determined to wait for Chen. She engaged with him the day he left. Chen came to mainland, served as a doctor in the army, participated the Korean War, and went to Tibet after the war. In Korea he met Wang Jindi(Li Bingbing),Jindi fell in love with Chen, who refused her because of Biyun. But Jindi's love is sincere.She paid full respect to Wang Biyun and she knew it's impossible for Chen to reunite with Biyun. Chen was in a dilemma, for one thing it's not probable to see Biyun again, for another Jindi's sacrifice made her love hard to refuse. He get married with Jindi.Several years later he was killed in an accident. In Taiwan, Biyun was still waiting for him and took care of his mother for him.This waiting lasted for as long as her life.

Tai Wan get rid of Japanese Control in the year 1945 and from then on there's gap between Taiwan and mainland. Especially before 1970's, no communication is possible.Under distorting political events young people's love is always smashed. We all should think about whether it is worthwhile to wait for a lover that much. I think yes, for the more we cherish love, the more resplendent love is. But I fully respect your choice for we are not living in a movie after all.
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