"To Live" by Zhang Yimou won the Grand Jury Prize and Best Actor Prize in Cannes in 1994. [File photo]

About the film:

In the 1940s, Xu Fugui is a rich man's son and compulsive gambler, who loses his family property to a man named Long'er. His behaviour also causes his long-suffering wife Jiazhen to leave him, along with their daughter, Fengxia and their unborn son, Youqing.