Nanjing! Nanjing! -

City of Life and Death: A Haunting Reframing of the Nanjing Massacre

Rather than following a single hero, the film weaves together a tapestry of loosely intertwining fates from both sides of the conflict. Nanjing! Nanjing!

Released in 2009, (Chinese: 南京! 南京!; Nánjīng! Nánjīng! ) is a landmark historical war drama written and directed by Lu Chuan . Eschewing traditional patriotic tropes, the film uses stark black-and-white cinematography and a multi-perspective narrative to depict the 1937 Battle of Nanjing and the subsequent six-week massacre. Multiple Perspectives on a Human Tragedy City of Life and Death: A Haunting Reframing