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The 601st Phone Call (2006)

The 601st Phone Call poster
Original title
第601个电话
Directed by
Zhang Guoli
Genre
drama film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 30m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A phone number mix-up leads a terminally ill woman to call a stranger. Their conversations form an unlikely connection.

emotionalheartfeltmelancholicslow-pacedreflectiveinnocentpoignant

What happens

The 601st Phone Call (simplified Chinese: 第601个电话; traditional Chinese: 第601個電話; pinyin: Dì liù líng yī ge diàn hùa) is a 2006 Chinese drama film directed by Zhang Guoli and written by Zou Jingzhi. It was released in mainland China on August 18, 2006. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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