CinemaOSMovie · 2018 · 1h 27m

The Silk and the Flame

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Capturing life of a family with a disabled father and deaf mother in a Chinese village during the lunar New Year. Yao, a successful businessman in Beijing, left home young. Now middle-aged, he returns to face demons from the past and fulfill his parent's dying wish to settle down and complete the family.

Directed byJordan Schiele

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1h 27m
Language
ZH
Released
February 19, 2018
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