Is A Thousand Years of Good Prayers violent?

No. Less violent than 92% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is A Thousand Years of Good Prayers sad?

Yes. More sad than 88% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is A Thousand Years of Good Prayers scary?

Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is A Thousand Years of Good Prayers easy watching?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does A Thousand Years of Good Prayers end with hope?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

A Thousand Years of Good Prayers

Name: A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
Genre: Drama
Released: 2007
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Henry O, Yu Feihong, Vida Ghahremani, Pasha D. Lychnikoff, Jared Wagner

Directed by Wayne Wang

Produced by North by Northwest Entertainment

200783 min6.1 / 10

A quiet, introspective drama about a father and daughter navigating unresolved pain, misunderstanding, and the possibility of reconciliation across cultural and emotional distance.

The film follows Mr. Shi, a retired widower from Beijing. When his only daughter, Yilan, who lives in Spokane, Washington and works as a librarian, gets divorced, he decides to visit her to help her heal. However, Yilan is not interested. She tries keeping an emotional distance but when this finally fails she begins physically avoiding her father. He confronts her about an affair with a married Russian man and she, in turn, lets loose about all the gossip she'd heard as a young girl about his alleged affair with a female colleague back in China.

Clusters

Slow Character Dramas About Loneliness Coping With Grief East Asian History & Culture Family and Marriage Problems Old Age Stories

Genres

Drama

Keywords

Daughter China Persia Retiree Divorce

Questions people ask

Is A Thousand Years of Good Prayers violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.
Is A Thousand Years of Good Prayers sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.
Is A Thousand Years of Good Prayers scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.
Is A Thousand Years of Good Prayers easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Does A Thousand Years of Good Prayers end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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