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For the past 20 years now, Xu Mingyu, the only school teacher in a village perched on a mountain top in northeast China, has prepared 800 pupils for high school, far from the village. The time he devotes to the children seems to be the only source of consolation for his sorrow. Twenty years ago, Hongmei, his three-year-old daughter, fell ill. Reluctant to leave his students during their preparations for the high school entrance exams, Xu Mingyu waited before leaving the mountain to take his child to the hospital. By this time, her fever had already affected her brain. Remorse and the harshness of mountain life ruined the old man's health. In this winter of 1998, he has the impression that his life is ebbing away. His wish is that, after his death, his elder son succeeds him at school and looks after Hongmei, whose illness had left her crippled 20 years ago.

China - 1999 - 26 mn - Betacam SP - Colour

Réalisation Li Yun, Yang Qihua Image Yang Qihua Son Yang Tianming Montage Li Yun

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