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Back to the North
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Back to the North

Sep 24, 2015
2h 0m
★ 0.0

Overview

After 30 years of one child family policy, Chinese parents who experience the death of their only son or daughter are becoming what is called "lost families."This has become a poignant issue, as there are more than one million "lost families" right now. Xiao Ai is diagnosed with a terminal illness and does not have long to live. She is concerned that her parents will become a "lost family" and have no one to take care of them after her death, so she decides to persuade them to have another child...

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Beijing Golden Pictures Co.,Ltd

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Cast

Nan Sheng

Nan Sheng

Yijuan Su

Yijuan Su

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