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Burn Phoenix Burn (1982)

Burn Phoenix Burn poster
Original title
燃燒吧,火鳥
Directed by
Liu Li-Li
Genre
romance film
Country
Taiwan
Runtime
1h 40m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman born blind struggles with feelings of inferiority and self-pity. Over time she learns to live independently and build a life much like anyone else's. This is a 1982 Taiwanese romance film based on a novel by the author Qiong Yao.

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What happens

《燃燒吧!火鳥》是瓊瑤的作品之一,於1981年5月12日黃昏初稿完稿,其內容是講述一個自幼便失明的女生如何從一個自卑、自憐、自損、自我逃避的人,而到後來能夠獨立自主、生活方式與正常人沒什麼太大差異的過程。 此作曾改編為電影,由劉文正、呂琇菱、雲中岳、林青霞主演。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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