When the Bough Breaks (2011)
Directed by Ji Dan
Run Time - 148 min. |
Countries - China |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis
Ji Dan's documentary about the daughters of a dirt-poor family living among Beijing scrap heaps, and their ferocious determination to get an education, is exhilarating, heart breaking, life affirming, shocking, despairing and ecstatic, all at once.