Mr. Mergler's Gift (2004)

Directed by

Beverly Shaffer

Genre

documentary

Country

Canada

Runtime

31 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 77-year-old music teacher in Montreal, recently diagnosed with terminal cancer, takes on a young piano prodigy who just moved to Canada as his final student. The film follows their bond during his last months.

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What happens

Mr. Mergler's Gift is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Beverly Shaffer and released in 2004. The film is a portrait of Daniel Mergler, a 77-year-old music teacher in Montreal, Quebec, who has recently been diagnosed with terminal colon cancer, and Xin Ben Yu, a young piano prodigy who has just immigrated to Canada with her family, whom Mergler has decided to take on as his final student before his death. The film premiered at the 2004 Montreal World Film Festival. The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 25th Genie Awards in 2005. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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