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Bright-Eyes (1984)

Bright-Eyes poster
Original title
明姑娘
Directed by
Dong Kena
Genre
drama film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 46m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A star student loses his will to live after going blind. He finds hope when he meets a blind girl who encourages him, but she leaves after his sight returns.

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What happens

Bright-Eyes (originaltittel: Ming gu niang) er en kinesisk dramafilm fra 1984 regissert av Dong Kena. Filmen handler om en skoleflink student som mister lysten til å leve når han mister synet. Han får livslysten tilbake gjennom et møte med en blind jente som gir ham oppmuntring. Hun forlater ham når han får synet tilbake. Hovedrollene spilles av Zhang Guomin og Zhang Yu. Den ble tildelt prisen for fremragende film ved Huabiao Awards (delt med flere filmer). Filmen er også kjent under den engelske tittelen Blind Girl. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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