Paradise Road

Paradise Road

  • Director: Bruce Beresford
  • Writer: David Giles,Martin Meader,Bruce Beresford
  • Countries of origin: Australia, United States
  • Language: English, Japanese, Dutch, Malay
  • Release date: April 11, 1997
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: 火線浮生錄
  • The Wire is a 1997 American film directed by Bruce Beresford and starring Glenn Close , Frances McDormand , Catherine Elise Blanchett , Pauline Collins OBE .
    The film tells the story of a chorus composed of women of different nationalities in the Republic of Singapore Japanese concentration camp during World War II , using elegant music to make the inmates who were almost desperate due to inhuman treatment have a desire for life, reflecting of female courage, friendship and strength.

    Details

    • Release date April 11, 1997
    • Filming locations Penang, Malaysia
    • Production companies Samson Productions Pty. Ltd., Planet Pictures, YTC Motion Picture Investments

    Box office

    Budget

    $16,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $2,007,100

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $62,518

    Gross worldwide

    $2,007,100

    Movie reviews

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    • By Fay 2022-09-06 14:00:38

      The graceful soul on the line of life and death

      The American film "Road to Heaven" tells the story of a group of female prisoners in a Japanese military camp during World War II. The film is like a set of old yellowed photos, which are explained page by page. This is a group of women of different nationalities, different skin colors, different identities, and different cultural backgrounds. Because of the war, they were forced to come together. Because of the war, all the signs given to them by all societies were shattered. On the small...

    • By Everardo 2022-05-11 23:20:42

      The story behind Danny Boy

      European and American World War II movies rarely have stories of Asian battlefields. This movie is quite attractive. It made a group of European ladies become slaves of the Japanese, and suddenly felt that they had empathy with our nation. Those who didn't go to the front line during the war were the worst, just like these women. They were no different from prisoners of war. They worked every day but were intimidated and bullied by the Japanese army. The place where we live is so broken, I...

    • By Margarette 2022-05-11 22:21:27

      great song, great movie

      It's been a long time since I've seen it,
      and I still clearly remember
      it.
      Time seemed to stop when I remembered the beautiful harmony .
      In a fascist concentration camp,
      a group of women played beautiful music with their own voices.
      This music is so shocking to the soul. , at
      this moment, they are like angels sent by God to spread the gospel,
      redeeming people's souls in
      a place where humanity has been destroyed . In an instant,
      the power of...

    • By Torrey 2022-05-11 16:53:18

      go home

      I think all my life I will remember the slow, steady, heart-pounding voices of those women who were suffering coming together. No instruments, no audience, not even language. The mind is the best musical instrument, and the mind is the truest listener. Songs sung with the heart do not need language, let alone, what language do we use? These women are British, American, Dutch, Australian, Chinese. They use the softest way of expressing women, and they just want to sing one sentence, that is:...

    • By Dejah 2022-05-11 16:43:51

      they have their pride

      It's not from the beginning. When I tuned into this channel, they were arguing over half a bar of soap. Maybe this scene was the most embarrassing moment for many of them, and I never thought about it.

      The story is not as bleak as I used to know it, but made tolerable by the strength, bravery and wit of several women.
      They sang in anticipation of the end of the war and reunion with their families.

      In spite of being ragged and muddy and doing jobs they once looked down...

    User comments

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    • By Toby 2023-09-27 11:04:07

      I think this movie was ruined in that era, when the audience didn't know how to appreciate this kind of movie without a big plot. The goddesses were so beautiful when they were young! ! ! And I ship Fran and Cate,...

    • By Alysa 2023-09-15 12:28:40

      I watched it on CCAV, I don't remember clearly, I thought it was Grandma Mei at the...

    • By Melba 2023-09-13 11:07:15

      The power of the subject itself is strong enough to burst into...

    • By Haley 2023-09-12 19:22:45

      I watched this movie with my dad on CCTV 6 when I was a kid. I can't remember what it was called, but I was very...

    • By Nola 2023-09-11 08:09:28

      I watched it on the movie channel for many years. Even if I don’t remember the specific details, I still remember that it was particularly shocking to me....

    Movie plot

    One night in 1942, the Australian and British soldiers stationed in the Republic of Singapore were holding a grand ball. Everyone danced to the beautiful music and sat together and chatted leisurely. At this moment, a loud bang of a cannonball broke the noisy atmosphere, and suddenly there was silence, and the war was coming!
    The Australian captain immediately issued an emergency order, all the women and children were withdrawn, and the...
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    Movie quotes

    • Dr. Verstak: Sometimes God reaches down and pulls the wings off his butterflies.

    • Topsy Merritt: You want me to give up food and soap and God knows what else, so I can starve and sing?

    • Margaret Drummond: I was in China when the Japanese invaded and I think that the people they despised the most were Europeans and prisoners then women.

      Adrienne Pargiter: Well that's us. All three.