When the Bough Breaks

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Overview
Ji Dan’s documentary about the daughters of a dirt-poor family living among Beijing scrap heaps, and their ferocious determination to get an education, is exhilarating, heart breaking, life affirming, shocking, despairing and ecstatic, all at once.
Release Date
2013-01-01
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7
Rating:
3.5 startsTagline
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