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危巢 · 2013

When the Bough Breaks

Ji Dan · 144 min · China

Documentary

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.

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7.0

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