If you loved Hero, try The Flowers of War
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Zhang Yimou, and they both carry the foreign gem mood tag, and they sit in Drama / History territory. If that's the register that drew you to Hero, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What The Flowers of War is
Nanking, winter 1937, gunfire echoing through streets. A church sanctuary, a group of women, a Westerner posing as a priest. Zhang Yimou's period drama is a tense exercise in survival.

