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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Eventually, Xiaochun attracts the interest of a more renowned teacher, Professor Yu (played by the director), who will coax the boy toward the career he and his father have dreamed of. Like Eliza Doolittle with her dustman dad, Xiaochun risks estrangement from his father as Jiang and then Yu assume the job of nurturing the boy's talent. For Xiaochun, each small step up in class means a giant step from his village, his childhood and the man who raised him. A boy can have so many fathers. Finally, one is enough--but which one will Xiaochun choose? That decision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soft Film With Hard Truths | 5/26/2003 | See Source »

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