The Knot

About The Knot

The Knot (simplified Chinese: 云水谣; pinyin: Yún shǔi yáo) is a 2006 Chinese film directed by Yin Li. It was China's submission to the 80th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.

They fell in loves, Chen Qiushui was 20. Wang Biyun was 18. When Qiushui fled Taiwan after the 228 Massacre, Biyun gave him a gold engagement ring and they promised to meet again. Qiushui served as an army doctor during the Korean War, where he met Wan Jindi, a nurse from Shanghai who fell in love with him instantly. Years had gone by, Jindi followed Qiushui to Tibet and was killed in an avalanche. While in Taiwan, Biyun buried Qiushui's mother and continued go pray for his return. And now... Biyun is living in Los Angies. Her adopted daughter has traveled to Tibet to retrace Qiushui's footsteps. Through the pictures she sends back via internet, Blyun can see Qiushui's final resting place...

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