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World

War

II

films

from

different

erasWorld

War

II

was

the

most

brutal

and

costly

conflict

in

history,

involving

more

than

30

countriesand

causing

deaths

of

tens

of

millions.This

year

marks

the

70th

anniversary

since

the

end

of

the

war

and

the

victory

of

ChinesePeople's

War

of

Resistance

against

Japanese

Aggression

(1937-45).Here

we

list

s

that

recount

history

from

different

periods

of

time.1940sCasablancaA

scene

from

Casablanca.[Photo/Mtime]Casablanca

is

a

1942

American

romance

directed

by

Michael

Curtiz.

Set

during

World

War

II,

itfocuses

on

an

American

expatriate

Rick

Blaine

who

is

confronted

with

a

difficult

choice

betweenlove

and

social

conscience.Rick

Blaine

is

the

proprietor

of

an

upscale

nightclub

and

gambling

den

"Rick's

Café

Américain"in

Casablanca,

Morocco,

which

attracts

a

varied

clientele,

including

German

officials,

Italians,and

refugees

desperate

to

reach

the

still

neutral

America.

He

receives

two

"letters

of

transit"

byaccident

which

allow

the

bearer

to

travel

freely

around

the

German-controlled

Europe

and

toneutral

Portugal.Ilsa

Lund,

former

love

of

Rick,

walks

into

his

establishment

one

day,

accompanied

by

herhusband

Victor

Laszlo,

a

renowned

fugitive

Czech

Resistance

leader.

They

need

the

letters

toescape

to

America,

where

Laszlo

could

continue

his

fight.

After

learning

why

Ilsa

left

him

withoutexplanation,

Rick's

bitterness

for

her

dissolves.

He

gives

them

the

letters

of

transit

and

risks

hislife

to

help

them

escape.The

film

won

three

Academy

Awards

in

1943,

including

for

Best

Picture.1950sThe

Bridge

on

the

River

KwaiA

scene

from

The

Bridge

on

the

River

Kwai.

[Photo/Mtime]The

Bridge

on

the

River

Kwai

is

a

1957

World

War

II

epic

film

directed

by

David

Lean.

The

filmwas

shot

in

present-day

Sri

Lanka,

and

the

bridge

in

the

film

is

located

in

Kitulgala,

a

small

townin

the

west

Sri

Lanka.The

opens

in

a

Japanese

prisoner-of-war

camp

in

Burma

in

1943,

where

a

battle

of

willsis

raging

between

camp

commander

Colonel

Saito

and

British

colonel

Nicholson.

Saito

insiststhat

Nicholson

orders

his

men

to

build

a

bridge

over

the

river

Kwai,

which

Nicholson

refusesbecause

the

Geneva

Conventions

exempt

officers

from

manual

labor.After

setting

his

differences

with

Saito,

for

the

sake

of

maintaining

his

men's

morale,

Nicholsonco-operates

to

oversee

his

men's

construction

of

the

bridge

while

oblivious

to

a

plan

by

the

Alliesto

destroy

it.

On

the

final

inspection,

Nicholson

spots

the

explosives

placed

by

the

Allies

andbrings

it

to

Saito's

attention.

Seeing

Allied

commandos

killed

and

shot

mortally,

Nicolsonstumbles

towards

the

detonator

and

collapses

on

the

plunger,

just

in

time

to

blow

up

the

bridgeand

send

the

t

hurtling

into

the

river

below.The

film

won

seven

Academy

Awards

in

1957,

including

for

Best

Motion

Picture,

Best

Directorand

Best

Actor,

and

has

been

selected

for

preservation

in

the

United

States

National

FilmRegistry,

whose

mission

is

to

preserve

American

film

heritage.From

Here

to

EternityA

scene

fromFrom

Here

to

Eternity.[Photo/Mtime]From

Here

to

Eternity

is

a

1953

drama

film

directed

by

Fred

Zinnemann

based

on

thenamesake

novel

by

James

Joyce,

an

American

author

known

for

his

explorations

of

World

War

IIand

its

aftermath.

The

picture

deals

with

the

aspirations

and

tribulations

of

three

soldiersstationed

on

Hawaii

in

the

months

leading

up

to

the

attack

on

Pearl

Harbor.It

is

1941.

Robert

E.

Lee

Prewitt

requests

Army

transfer

and

ends

up

at

Schofield

in

Hawaii.

Hisnew

captain,

Dana

Holmes,

hears

of

his

boxing

prowess

and

is

keen

to

get

him

to

represent

thecompany.

However,

Prewitt

is

adamant

that

he

does

not

box

anymore,

for

which

Captain

Holmesgets

his

subordinates

to

make

his

life

a

living

hell.

Meanwhile,

Sergeant

Warden

sts

seeingthe

captain's

wife,

who

has

a

history

of

seeking

external

relief

from

her

troubled

's

friend

Maggio

has

a

few

altercations

with

the

sadistic

stockade

Sergeant

"Fatso"Judson,

and

Prewitt

begins

to

fall

in

love

with

social

club

employee

Lorene.

Unbeknownst

toanyone,

the

Japanese

bombing

of

Pearl

Harbor

looms

in

the

distance.The

title

of

the

film

comes

originally

from

the

poem

"Gentleman-Rankers"

by

Rudyard

Kipling,

anEnglish

poet,

about

soldiers

of

the

British

Empire

who

had

"lost

way"

and

were

"damned

fromhere

to

eternity".The

film

won

8

Academy

Awards

in

1953,

including

for

Best

Picture,

Best

Director,

and

AdaptedScreenplay.1960sLa

Grande

VadrouilleA

scene

from

La

Grande

Vadrouille.[Photo/Mtime]La

Grande

Vadrouille

is

a

1966

French

comedy

film

directed

by

Gérard

Oury.

It

tells

a

story

oftwo

ordinary

Frenchmen

helping

the

crew

of

a

Royal

Air

Force

bomber

shot

down

over

Paris.In

the

summer

of

1941,

over

Nazi-occupied

France,

a

Royal

Air

Force

B17

Flying

Fortress

getslost

after

a

mission

and

is

shot

down

over

Paris

by

German

flak.

The

crew,

Sir

Reginald,

PeterCunningham

and

Alan

MacIntosh,

parachute

out

over

the

city,

where

they

run

into

and

are

hiddenby

a

house

painter,

Augustin

Bouvet,

and

the

grumbling

conductor

of

the

Opéra

National

deParis,

Stanislas

Lefort.

Involuntarily,

Lefort

and

Bouvet

get

themselves

tangled

up

in

the

manhuntagainst

the

aviators

led

by

Wehrmacht

Major

Achbach

as

they

help

the

airmen

escape

to

the

freezone

with

the

help

of

Resistance

fighters

and

sympathizers.For

over

40

years,

La

Grande

Vadrouille

was

the

most

successful

French

film

in

France.Where

Eagles

DareA

scene

from

Where

Eagles

Dare.[Photo/Mtime]Where

Eagles

Dare

is

a

British

1968

World

War

II

action

film

directed

by

Brian

G.

Hutton.

Itcenters

upon

a

daring

rescue

and

an

even

more

daring

escape.Several

months

before

D-Day,

the

British

stage

a

daring

rescue

deep

inside

Germany.

Led

byBritish

Major

Jonathan

Smith

and

an

American,

Lt.

Morris

Schaffer,

their

mission

is

to

rescueAmerican

General

George

Carnaby

whose

airplane

has

been

shot

down

over

,

one

of

the

architects

of

the

D-Day

invasion,

is

being

held

in

the

Schloss

Adler,

theEagle's

Castle,

which

is

built

high

on

a

promontory

and

accessible

only

by

cable

car.

The

msuccessfully

parachutes

into

Germany

but

losses

their

radioman

in

the

jump

and

then

a

secondmember

of

the

team

within

a

day.

Taken

prisoner

by

the

Germans,

Smith's

true

mission

isrevealed:

to

uncover

the

identities

of

German

spies

operating

in

Britain.The

film

involves

some

of

the

top

moviemaking

professionals

of

the

time

and

is

considered

aclassic.Battle

of

the

BulgeA

scene

from

Battle

of

the

Bulge.[Photo/Mtime]Battle

of

the

Bulge

is

a

1965

American

widescreen

epic

war

film

directed

by

Ken

Annakin.

Thefilm

condensed

a

battle

that

stretched

across

parts

of

Germany,

Belgium,

and

Luxembourg

andlasted

nearly

a

month

into

under

three

hours.In

the

winter

of

1944,

the

Allied

Armies

stand

ready

to

invade

Germany

at

the

coming

of

a

.

To

prevent

this

from

happening,

Hitler

orders

an

all-out

offensive

to

re-take

French

territoryand

capture

the

major

port

city

of

Antwerp.

An

Allied

intelligence

officer,

Lieutenant

ColonelDaniel

Kiley,

is

convinced

that

the

Germans

are

amassing

tanks

and

troops

for

an

attack

but

hecannot

get

anyone

to

believe

him.

When

the

attack

is

finally

launched,

he

deduces

that

a

shortageof

petrol

will

lead

the

tanks

to

a

massive

Allied

fuel

depot.

Though

Allied

forces

ultimately

win

thebattle,

the

initial

Nazi

counteroffensive

catches

them

by

surprise

and

causes

many

casualties.The

film

was

one

of

the

most

popular

movies

at

the

British

box

office

in

1966.1970sAutumn

InterludeA

scene

from

Autumn

Interlude.[Photo/Mtime]Autumn

Interlude

is

a

1976

Japanese

drama

directed

by

Mitsuo

Wakasugi

which

depicts

a

sadlove

story

between

Setsuko

Mizusawa

and

Tatsurou

Yuuki

during

World

War

II.The

story

is

set

in

the

summer

of

1941,

months

before

the

Pacific

War

broke

out.

Setsuko

is

adaughter

of

a

Japanese

diplomat

to

Europe

and

she

meets

Tatsurou

at

a

family

,

they

fall

in

love.

However,

their

happiness

is

accompanied

by

sorrow

and

Pacific

War

breaks

out

and

Tatsurou

joins

the

army,

while

Setsuko

is

diagnosed

withtuberculosis

and

is

arranged

to

marry

another

man

by

her

parents.On

a

snowy

day

before

the

army's

expedition,

the

couple

meet

and

promise

each

other

to

stayalive

for

future

reunion.

But

soon

after

Tatsurou

goes

to

war,

Setsuko

dies

of

tuberculosis.Tora!

Tora!

Tora!A

scene

from

Tora!

Tora!

Tora!

[Photo/Mtime]Tora!

Tora!

Tora!

is

a

1970

American-Japanese

film

directed

by

Richard

Fleischer

thatdramatizes

the

Japanese

attack

on

Pearl

Harbor.

The

title

is

the

Japanese

codeword

used

toindicate

that

complete

surprise

had

been

achieved,

but

in

this

case

was

an

acronym

for"totsugeki

raigeki",

meaning

"lightning

attack".In

1941

the

Japanese

are

at

odds

with

the

United

States

on

a

number

of

issues

which

theyattempt

to

resolve

via

their

Washington

embassy.

In

case

this

diplomacy

fails,

the

militaryhatches

plans

for

a

surprise

early

Sunday

morning

air

attack

on

the

US

base

at

Pearl

intelligence

break

the

Japanese

diplomatic

messages

but

few

high-ups

are

preparedto

believe

that

an

attack

is

likely,

let

alone

where

or

how

it

might

come.Since

warnings

fail

to

reach

the

Pearl

Harbor,

the

incoming

Japanese

fighter

pilots

don't

receiveany

anti-aircraft

fire

as

they

approach

the

base.

As

a

result,

the

squadron

leader

radioed

in

thecode

phrase

marking

that

complete

surprise

for

the

attack

has

been

achieved:"Tora!

Tora!Tora!"Tora!

Tora!

Tora!

was

nominated

for

5

Academy

Awards,

including

for

Best

Art

Direction

andBest

Cinematography,

and

won

one

for

Visual

Effects.1980sDas

BootA

scene

from

Das

Boot.[Photo/Mtime]Das

Boot

is

a

1981

German

epic

war

film

written

and

directed

by

Wolfgang

Peterson.

It

is

anadaptation

of

the

1973

namesake

German

novel.Set

during

World

War

II,

the

film

tells

the

fictional

story

of

U-96,

a

type

of

military

submarineoperated

by

Germany

in

World

War

II,

and

its

crew.

It

depicts

both

the

excitement

of

battle

andthe

tedium

of

the

fruitless

hunt,

and

shows

the

men

serving

aboard

U-boats

as

ordinaryindividuals

with

a

desire

to

do

their

best

for

their

comrades

and

their

country.

In

the

end

of

thefilm,

Allied

planes

bomb

and

straf

the

submarine

with

many

of

the

crew

killed.The

film

drew

highest

critical

acclaim

and

is

seen

as

one

of

the

greatest

of

all

German

films.

Thecritical

consensus

states

"Taut,

breathtakingly

thrilling,

and

devastatingly

intelligent,

Das

Boot

isone

of

the

greatest

war

films

ever

made."Grave

of

FirefliesA

scene

from

Grave

for

Fireflies.[Photo/Mtime]Grave

for

Fireflies

is

a

1988

Japanese

animated

drama

film

written

and

directed

by

IsaoTakahata.

Set

in

the

city

of

Kobe,

Japan,

the

film

tells

the

story

of

two

siblings,

Seita

andSetsuko,

and

their

desperate

struggle

to

survive

during

the

final

months

of

the

Second

WorldWar.Seita

and

Setsuko

are

brother

and

sister

living

in

wartime

Japan.

After

their

mother

is

killed

in

anair

raid

they

find

a

temporary

home

with

relatives.

Having

quarreled

with

their

aunt

they

leave

thecity

and

make

their

home

in

an

abandoned

shelter.

While

their

soldier

father's

destiny

isunknown,

the

two

must

depend

on

each

other

to

somehow

keep

a

roof

over

their

heads

and

foodin

their

stomachs.When

everything

is

in

short

supply,

they

gradually

succumb

to

hunger

and

their

only

entertainmentis

the

light

of

the

fireflies.

After

Setsuko

is

diagnosed

with

serious

malnutrition,

Seita

withdrawsall

the

money

remaining

in

their

mother's

bank

account

to

buy

food.

He

returns

only

to

find

a

dyingSetsuko

hallucinating.

Seita

hurries

to

cook,

but

Setsko

dies

soon

after.

Seita

crematesSetsuko's

body,

and

puts

her

ashes

in

the

fruit

tin,

which

he

carries

along

with

his

father'sphotograph,

until

his

death

from

malnutrition

in

Sannomiya

Station

a

few

weeks

later.The

film

received

nearly

universal

acclaim

from

film

critics

and

won

the

Blue

Ribbon

Awards

forSpecial

Award

in

1984.

Rotten

Tomatoes,

American

film

review

aggregator

website,

offers

thisconsensus:"An

achingly

sad

anti-war

film,

Grave

of

the

Fireflies

is

one

of

Studio

Ghibli's

mostprofoundly

beautiful,

haunting

works".1990sSchindler's

ListA

scene

from

Schindler's

List.[Photo/Mtime]Schindler's

List

is

a

1993

American

epic

historical

period

drama

directed

by

Steven

film

is

based

on

the

life

of

Oskar

Schindler,

an

ethnic

German

businessman

who

saved

thelives

of

more

than

a

thousand

mostly

Polish-Jewish

refugees

during

the

Holocaust

by

employingthem

in

his

factories.A

member

of

the

Nazi

party,

Schindler

was

essentially

apolitical

but

knew

how

to

deal

with

thebureaucracy

and

those

in

power

to

get

what

he

wanted.

He

didn't

hesitate

to

use

Jewish

slavelabor

in

his

new

factory.

However,

over

time,

he

was

deeply

affected

by

the

treatment

of

Jewsand

began

to

take

steps

to

protect

the

1,500

or

so

people

who

worked

for

him.

He

convinced

theauthorities

to

build

a

new

factory

where

the

employees

were

interned

and

went

out

of

his

way

tohire

those

who

faced

the

wrath

of

the

camp

commandant,

Amon

Goeth.

When

the

camp

wasclosed,

he

arranged

for

"his"

Jews

to

be

transferred

to

a

new

factory

in

Czechoslovakia.

Whenthe

train

carrying

the

women

was

diverted

to

Auschwitz,

the

notorious

German

concentrationcamp,

he

raced

to

have

them

freed

using

a

part

of

his

fortune

to

have

them

released

to

him.

Bythe

end

of

the

war,

Schindler

lost

everything

but

saved

the

lives

of

over

1,000

of

his

employees.Often

listed

among

the

greatest

films

ever

made,

Schindler's

List

was

selected

for

preservationin

the

National

Film

Registry

in

2023.

The

film

was

the

recipient

of

7

Academy

Awards,

includingBest

Picture,

Best

Director,

Best

Adapted

Screenplay

and

Best

Original

Score.Life

is

beautifulA

scene

from

Life

is

beautiful.[Photo/Mtime]Life

is

beautiful

is

a

1997

Italian

tragicomedy

comedy-drama

film

directed

by

and

starringRoberto

Benigni.In

1930s

Italy,

a

carefree

Jewish

book

keeper

named

Guido

starts

a

fairy

tale

life

by

courting

andmarrying

a

lovely

woman

from

a

nearby

city.

Guido

and

his

wife

have

a

son

called

Giosué

andlive

happily

together

until

the

occupation

of

Italy

by

German

forces.

In

an

attempt

to

hold

his

familytogether

and

help

his

son

survive

the

horrors

of

a

Jewish

Concentration

Camp,

Guido

imaginesthat

the

Holocaust

is

a

game

and

that

the

grand

prize

is

a

tank.Despite

being

surrounded

by

the

misery,

sickness,

and

death

at

the

camp,

Giosué

does

notquestion

this

fiction

because

of

his

father's

convincing

performance

and

his

own

innocence.

In

theend

of

film

when

Guido

walks

to

his

death

and

passes

by

Giosué

hidden

in

a

sweatbox

one

lasttime,

he

is

still

in

character

and

playing

the

game.The

film

was

a

critical

and

financial

success,

winning

Benigni

the

Academy

Award

for

Best

Actorat

the

71st

Academy

Awards

as

well

as

the

Academy

Award

for

Best

Original

Dramatic

Scoreand

the

Academy

Award

for

Best

Foreign

Language

Film.StalingradA

scene

from

Stalingrad.[Photo/Agencies]Stalingrad

is

a

1993

war

drama

film

directed

by

Joseph

Vilsmaier.

The

movie

follows

a

platoonof

World

War

II

German

Army

soldiers

transferred

to

Russia,

where

they

ultimately

findthemselves

participating

in

the

Battle

of

Stalingrad.

After

having

half

their

number

wiped

out

andafter

being

placed

under

the

command

of

a

sadistic

Captain,

the

Lieutenant

of

the

platoon

leadshis

men

to

desert.

While

trying

to

escape,

the

soldiers

find

the

city

surrounded

by

the

SovietArmy.

In

the

end,

Many

of

them

are

killed,

starve

or

freeze

to

death.In

1993

the

film

won

Bavarian

Film

Awards

for

Best

Cinematography,

Best

Editing

and

BestProduction,

and

it

was

also

entered

into

the

18th

Moscow

International

Film

Festival.2000sThe

PianistA

scene

from

The

Pianist.[Photo/Mtime]The

Pianist

is

a

2023

historical

drama

film

co-produced

and

directed

by

Roman

Polanski.

It

isbased

on

the

autobiographical

book

The

Pianist,

a

World

War

II

memoir

by

the

Polish-Jewishpianist

and

composer

W?adys?aw

Szpilman.The

story

centers

on

Szpilman's

life

in

the

slums

of

Poland

during

World

War

II,

his

separationfrom

his

family

and

how

he

struggles

to

survive.

The

protagonist

meets

a

German

officer

one

dayin

search

of

food,

and

under

the

officer's

orders,

Szpilman

is

forced

to

perform

a

piece

byChopin.

The

officer,

touched

by

his

talents,

decides

to

help

him

find

a

place

to

hide

and

providefood

and

clothing

to

help

him

live.

After

the

war

is

over,

Szpilman

does

his

best

to

find

thewhereabouts

of

the

German

officer,

but

is

shocked

when

he

hears

the

officer

was

suspected

ofbeing

a

spy

and

died

in

captivity.The

film

met

with

significant

critical

praise

and

received

multiple

awards

and

nominations.

It

wasawarded

the

Palme

d'Or

at

the

2023

Cannes

Film

Festival.

It

also

won

s

for

Best

Director,Best

Adapted

Screenplay,

and

Best

Actor,

and

was

also

nominated

for

four

other

awards,including

the

Academy

Award

for

Best

Picture

at

the

75th

Academy

Awards

in

2023.Flags

of

Our

FathersA

scene

from

Flags

of

Our

Fathers.[Photo/Mtime]Flags

of

Our

Fathers

is

a

2023

American

war

film

directed

by

.

It

is

based

on

thebook

of

the

same

name

written

by

American

writers

James

Bradley

and

Ron

Powers

about

the1945

Battle

of

Iwo

Jima,

the

five

Marines

and

one

Navy

Corpsman

who

were

involved

in

raisingthe

flag

on

Iwo

Jima,

and

the

aftereffects

of

that

event

on

their

lives.In

1945,

the

US

Marines

attack

12,000

Japanese

protecting

the

20,000-square-kilometers

of

thesacred

Iwo

Jima

island

in

a

very

violent

battle.

When

they

reach

the

Mount

Suribachi

and

sixsoldiers

raise

the

national

flag

on

the

top,

the

picture

became

a

symbol

in

the

post-GreatDepression

America.

The

government

brought

the

three

survivors

to

America

to

raise

funds

forwar

and

bring

hope

to

desolate

people,

making

the

three

men

heroes

of

the

war.

However,

thetraumatized

trio

had

difficulty

dealing

with

the

image

built

by

their

superiors

and

were

haunted

bymemories

of

the

war.The

film

was

nominated

for

two

Academy

Awards

for

Best

Sound

and

Sound

Editing

in

2023.I

Want

to

Be

a

ShellfishA

scene

from

I

Want

to

Be

a

Shellfish.[Photo/Agencies]I

Want

to

Be

a

Shellfish

is

a

2023

Japanese

drama

film

directed

by

Katsuto

Fukuzawa.

Setduring

the

World

War

II,

the

film

tells

a

story

of

a

Japanese

barber

being

forced

to

fight

in

wars.The

barber

led

a

plain

but

content

life

with

his

wife

and

son

until

1939

when

the

World

War

IIbreaks

out.

He

is

forced

to

join

the

army

and

fight

abroad.

Traumatized

by

the

cruelty

andruthlessness

of

war,

the

barber,

as

a

lucky

survivor,

comes

back

home

and

hopes

to

lead

apeaceful

life.

But

what

followed

are

charges

of

him

being

a

war

criminal,

and

he

faces

severepunishment.

He

and

his

pregnant

wife

attempt

to

make

petitions,

but

in

the

end

he

is

sentencedto

death.

In

his

will,

he

writes

"If

there

is

afterlife,

I

want

to

be

a

shellfish".The

film

was

nominated

for

three

Awards

of

the

Japanese

Academy,

including

Best

Actress

in2023.2023sBack

to

1942A

scene

from

Back

to

1942.[Photo/Mtime]Back

to

1942

is

a

2023

Chinese

historical

film

directed

by

Feng

Xiaogang.

It

is

based

onChinese

writer

Liu

Zhenyun's

novel

Remembering

1942,

and

is

about

a

major

famine

in

Henanprovince

during

the

Chinese

People's

War

against

Japanese

Aggression.The

protagonist,

Master

Fan,

is

a

wealthy

landlord

in

a

village

in

Henan.

When

others

arestruggling

to

meet

their

ends,

Fan

has

plenty

to

feed

upon,

but

his

course

of

life

changes

when

agroup

of

bandits

storm

the

village,

rob

it

and

burn

it

down

to

the

ground.Fan

is

left

with

no

choice

but

to

flee

his

hometown

with

his

family,

and

heads

westwards

in

searchof

food.

During

the

flight,

Fan

continues

to

see

his

family

members,

and

the

fellow

villagers,

dieone

by

one.

He

is

eventually

forced

to

sell

his

daughter

to

a

brothel

house

in

return

for

food,

andto

ensure

the

survival

of

his

daughter.

With

limited

help

from

the

government,

Fan

begins

to

losehope

and

wants

to

head

back

so

he

could

die

somewhere

closer

to

home.

On

his

way,

he

meetsa

little

girl

weeping

on

the

body

of

her

dead

father.

Fan

tries

to

comfort

the

girl,

but

the

child

saysshe

is

not

crying

because

of

her

father's

passing,

but

because

everyone

she

knew

has

died

andall

those

remaining

were

strangers

to

her.

Touched

by

the

girl's

words,

Fan

decides

to

adopt

heras

his

granddaughter,

and

continues

his

journey

westwards

with

the

girls'

hand

in

his.The

film

also

won

the

Best

Film

of

Mainland

and

Taiwan

at

the

32nd

Film

Awards

in2023,

and

was

selected

as

the

Chinese

entry

for

the

Best

Foreign

Language

Film

at

the

86thAcademy

Awards

in

2023.The

Flowers

of

WarA

scene

from

The

Flowers

of

Wa