| Description |
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Film Movement series ; year 9, film 9.
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| System Details |
DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; wide screen (16:9) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 surround. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
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In Mandarin with English subtitles. |
| Note |
Information derived from title screens, container, and other sources. |
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Originally released in 2010. |
| Cast |
Wang Qian-Yuan, Qin Hailu, Jang Shin-Yeong. |
| Credits |
Written and directed by Zhang Meng; produced by Jessica Kam, Choi Gwang-Suk. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Contents |
Main film: The piano in a factory (106 min.) -- This month's short film: The necktie / directed by Jean François Lévesque (13 min.). |
| Summary |
"When Chen's estranged wife reappears asking for a divorce and custody of their daughter, the musician girl decides she will live with whoever can provide her with a piano. Chen's struggle thus begins. When efforts to borrow money and even steal a piano fail, Chen concocts a preposterous plan - he'll make a piano from scratch! He persuades a bunch of reluctant, but loyal, misfit friends to help him forge the instrument in a derelict factory from a heap of scrap steel. Though crude in design and tune, the factory piano awaits its first and final performance from his little girl."--Container. |
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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."--Container. |
| Subject |
Divorce -- China -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Custody of children -- China -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Job satisfaction -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Happiness -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (CHINESE), VIDEODISCS.
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FOREIGN FILMS (MANDARIN), VIDEODISCS.
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| Subject |
Chinese language materials
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| Genre |
Feature films China.
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Feature films Canada.
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Motion pictures, Mandarin.
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Romance films.
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Short films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Foreign films China.
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Foreign films Canada.
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Chinese language materials.
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| Added Author |
Zhang, Meng.
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Kam, Jessica.
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Choi, Gwang-Suk.
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Wang, Qianyuan.
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Jang, Shin-yeong.
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Qin, Hailu.
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Film Movement (Firm)
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Perfect World (Beijing) Pictures Co., Ltd.
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Etoile Pictures.
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China. Guo jia guang bo dian ying dian shi zong ju.
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| Added Title |
Gang de qin |
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Piano in a factory |
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Piano in a factory (Motion picture)
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Gang de qin (Motion picture)
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Necktie.
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| Standard No. |
616892146360 |
| Music No. |
146360 Film Movement |
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DV0004 Film Movement |
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