Well-made if a tad cute and predictable account of a prodigal (but prosperous) son who returns to the humble Beijing bathhouse run by his father and retarded brother (a happy fool), under the misapprehension that his father has died. The public bath itself is a photogenic object, though it doesn't get quite as nice a treatment as the ones in Skolimowski's Deep End and Losey's Steaming. Pu Cun Xin, Zhu Xu, Jiang Wu; written and directed by Zhang Yang. (1999) — Duncan Shepherd
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