When the Bough Breaks

When the Bough Breaks

2013
2h 24min

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.

When the Bough Breaks

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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.
    Released
    January 2013
    Runtime
    2h 24min
    Director
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    Mandarin
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