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Yuanzheng Feng | ... |
Zhang Jun, Deng's son
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Yibo Han | ... |
Zhang Bing's boyfriend
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Su Ying Huang | ... |
Deng's mother
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Ran-ran Li | ... |
Xu-fang, Zhao's wife
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Shi Liu | ... |
Boy in red hat, Xu-fang's grandson
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Zhong Lü | ... |
Deng Meijuan
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Hailu Qin | ... |
Zhang Jun's wife
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Hao Qin | ... |
Zhang Bing, Deng's son
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Deng is a stubborn retired widow who spends her days caring about her two grown up sons and her elderly mother, despite her family efforts to stop her. But her daily routine starts derailing when she keeps receiving anonymous calls..
The film set a new record of the actor's age. There are at least 3 Aged actress: Zhong Lv is 75 years old, Ran-ran Li is 85 years old, Su Ying Huang is 96 years old. The three national actress quietly interpretation of what is called dedication.
The writers also broke through the past cultural revolution theme, who wrote the story from a new perspective on history. Not sensational, but still fully examine the influence of cruel history on a person's life. This effect may even continue for generations.It is a rare restraint of reflection in the way of a dramatic expression for the specific historical events.
The story also showed many details of current social reality, such as homosexuality, the shortage of resources in the aging society, etc.. This makes the film have a realistic style through the times.