Empson's intellectual and poetic genius made a lasting impression, and the couple's Bohemian lifestyle attracted him.
Many ancient Chinese poets also showed their preference for the moon through wonderful words. For example, the poetic genius Libai wrote more than 320 poems about the moon in his lifetime.
Critics, however, remained mixed, although most of the negative reviews placed the film up against the poetic genius of its source material - the best selling novel by Khaled Hosseini.
