When the Bough Breaks
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.
- Year: 2013
- Country: China
- Genre: Documentary
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- Director: Ji Dan
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