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The Orphan of Anyang

Original title: Anyangde guer (The Orphan of Anyang)
Year: 2001
Running time: 84 min.
Country: China
Director: Wang Chao
Screenwriter: Wang Chao. Novel: Wang Chao
Cast: Sun Guilin, Yue Senyi, Zhu Jie, Liu Tianhao, Miao Fuwen
Music: Qin Wenchen
Cinematography: Zhang Xi
Producer: Les Films du Paradoxe
Genre: Drama
Synopsis: A prostitute from the Northeast, desperate and unable to make ends meet, abandons her baby. An unemployed factory worker decides to take the child for the 200 yuan (about $37 Canadian) a month in child support promised by its mother. His early attempts at child-rearing are somewhat painful to watch, but also charming and amusing. Eventually, he and the mother become friendly and it seems that the child will be raised in a sweetly unorthodox family. However, when the woman's pimp, a local gangster, not only finds out that he may have fathered the child, but also that he is dying of cancer, he decides that he must adopt the baby - and is willing to resort to violence if necessary.

Awards: 2001: Chicago Film Festival: FIPRESCI Award

2001: Valladolid Film Festival: Nominated for Golden Spike

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The Orphan of Anyang

2001

Wang Chao