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Release Date:
June 12, 2010
Original Title:
翅膀下的风
Alternate Titles:
Wind Under The Wings
Genres:
Drama
Production Countries:
China
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 92
Eight years ago, Liu Zhenguo was a homeless orphan that Liu Baohong "picked up" from the town's garbage dump and brought home. Liu Baohong registered him and paid for his education. His wife Xie Ronglan was complaining that their already tight family had one more pair of chopsticks. Liu Baohong adopted orphans one after another and built an orphanage in his own home. Xie Ronglan was finally mad and ran away. She went to Beijing and picked up garbage for several years. Whenever she saved up 1,000 yuan, she would send it to that special home. The indelible childhood shadow of young Zhenguo, coupled with his usual wandering life, made him unsociable. His only friend was
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