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Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing (1983)

Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing poster
Original title
搭錯車
Directed by
Yu Kan-ping
Cast
Li Xue Jian, Li Lin, Yin Tao, Yu He Wei
Genre
musical film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A struggling father raises an abandoned girl as his own daughter. Years later she becomes a famous singer, but their relationship becomes strained by her success and neglect.

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What happens

Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing (Chinese: 搭錯車) is a 1983 Taiwanese musical film directed by Yu Kanping (虞戡平) starring Sun Yueh and Linda Liu (劉瑞琪). This film was released eight times in Taiwan and eleven times in Hong Kong and won four Golden Horse Awards. The theme song "Any Empty Wine Bottles for Sale" (Chinese: 酒矸倘賣無; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chiú-kan thang bōe--bô) performed by Su Rui is also famous. Da Cuo Che (搭错车; 2005) is a popular 22 episodes TV series produced in mainland China rewriting the film plot starring Li Xuejian (李雪健) and Li Lin (李琳). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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