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Fly with the Crane (2012)

Fly with the Crane poster
Original title
告訴他們
Directed by
Li Ruijun
Genre
drama film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 39m
Rating
4.9 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An old man in rural China faces the end of his life. He asks his grandchildren to help him carry out a plan that honors tradition.

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What happens

Fly with the Crane (Chinese: 告訴他們,我乘白鶴去了; pinyin: gào su tā men, wǒ chéng bái hè qù le) is a 2012 Chinese film written and directed by Li Ruijun and adapted from the novel Tell Them I've Gone with the White Crane, by Su Tong. It made its premiere at the 69th Venice International Film Festival, in 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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