The Children of Huang Shi a film by Roger Spottiswoode

It radiates intelligence. Of how many historical epics can that be said these days? Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

Based on real events, The Children of Huang Shi is a sweeping but intimate story set against war-torn China in the 1930s. The film centers on a young English journalist (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), an American nurse (Radha Mitchell) and the leader of a Chinese partisan group (Chow Yun Fat) who meet in desperate and unexpected circumstances. Together they rescue 60 orphaned children, leading them on an extraordinary journey across hundreds of miles of treacherous terrain, through snow-covered mountains
and an unforgiving desert. Along the way they discover the true meaning of love, responsibility and courage.