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The piano in a factory, Gang de qin, Film Movement presents ; Film Bureau State Administration of Radio Film & TV ; Perfect World (Beijing) Pictures Co., Ltd. ... ; an Etoile Pictures production ; a Zhang Meng film

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The piano in a factory

videorecording DVD

Film Movement presents ; Film Bureau State Administration of Radio Film & TV ; Perfect World (Beijing) Pictures Co., Ltd. ... ; an Etoile Pictures production ; a Zhang Meng film

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Film Movement series, year 9, film 9

Gang de qin

Steelworker Chen has a passion for music and plays the accordion in a local band with a close group of friends. When his estranged wife returns one day after years of absence, she demands a divorce and sole custody of their daughter. Chen is at a loss. He doesn't mind divorcing a woman who has become a stranger, but he can't bear to part with his daughter. Chen has worked hard to give her a respectable life and has taught her his love of music. When asked if she'd rather stay with her father or go with her mother, the girl gives a practical, devastating answer: she'll go with whomever can provide her with a piano. Chen cannot afford such a luxury item, but the piano becomes his last hope to save what little is left of his family. With the help of his loyal friends and the support of his lover, the singer in his band, Chen concocts a plan to fulfill his daughter's wish: he will make a piano from scratchThis month's short film: The necktie: A man leads a drab existence in a dead-end job, until one day he discovers a forgotten birthday gift that magically reignites his long lost joy of life

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Gang de qin