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A Single Child's Story (1994)

A Single Child's Story poster
Original title
一个独生女的故事
Directed by
Guo Lin
Genre
drama film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 29m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A 12-year-old girl in China fights to keep her place at school when her mother becomes terminally ill with cancer.

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What happens

A Single Child’s Story (originaltittel: Yi ge du sheng nü de gu shi) er en kinesisk dramafilm fra 1994 regissert av Guo Lin. Filmen handler om en 12 år gammel jente som må kjempe ekstra hardt for å beholde plassen på skolen når hennes mor blir alvorlig kreftsyk og ikke har lenge igjen å leve. Den ble kåret til beste film ved Hundred Flowers Awards (delt med The Accused Uncle Shangang og Probation Within the Village). Den er også kjent under de engelske titlene A Story of a Singleton og A Fatherless Girl. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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