The Chinese Botanist's Daughters

Apr 26, 2006

1h 35m

★ 6.3

Overview

At the house of a famous Chinese botanist teacher his daughter and a female intern fall in love with each other - a forbidden love that must be kept secret.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

France 2 Cinéma

EuropaCorp

Max Films

Canal+

CNC

Téléfilm Canada

Fayolle et Sotela Films

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Cast

Li Ming

Mylène Jampanoï

An Chen

Li Xiaoran

Dan

Wang Weiguang

Director

Như Quỳnh

Master Wang

Nguyen Van Quang

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Linh Thj Bich Thu

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Judge

Tuo Jilin

Prof. Chen

Lin Dongfu

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Xuan Thu Nguyen

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