The Flowers of War (2011)

Director: Zhang Yimou Cast: Christian Bale Story: The film is set in 1937 in Nanjing, China during the Nanking Massacre, at the time of the Second Sino-Japanese War. A group of escapees, finding sanctuary in a Church compound, risk their lives as they struggle to survive the plight and persecution brought on by the violent invasion of the city. Christian Bale portrays John Magee, an American priest who helps a number of Chinese escape certain death.