"Coming Home" celebrates two relationships: the one depicted in the movie, of a man reuniting with his wife after two decades in prison during China's Cultural Revolution, and the other of director Zhang Yimou partnering once again with his iconic leading lady Gong Li. Together, the pair made their international debuts with "Red Sorghum" in 1987, when most of China's films were unseen by the rest of the world and Chinese filmmakers had to toe the party line or face harsh censorship.