My Country, My Parents (Chinese: 我和我的父辈) is a 2021 Chinese three-part anthologydrama film, consisting of four segments directed by four directors, Wu Jing, Zhang Ziyi, Xu Zheng, and Shen Teng.[1] The four directors also star in their own stories, each covering a different genre and taking place in different periods from the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1942 to a futuristic world in 2050.[1] The film became the third installment in a series that celebrates the founding of the People's Republic of China on 1 October 1949, with two prequels, My People, My Country and My People, My Homeland, released in 2019 and 2020, respectively.[2] The film was released in China on September 30, 2021, to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the establishment of the People's Republic of China.
Cast
Windriders (directed by Wu Jing)
Wu Jing as Ma Renxing, commander of the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment
Leo Wu as Ma Chengfeng, Ma Renxing's son, soldier in the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment
My Country, My Parents' grossed 400 million yuan ($62.22 million) in its first three days of release,[4] by the weekend, the film's accumulated grossed reached 900 million yuan ($140 million).[5]My Country, My Parents earned a total of 1.2 billion yuan ($186.66 million) in its first 12 days of release.[6] As of October 18, My Country, My Parents earned $210 million, ranked second place of Chinese box office in the third week of October, after The Battle at Lake Changjin.[7]