23 Mar 2014
A Place of Our Own
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The Lights of Ten Thousand Homes
This tale of familial warfare and sacrifice takes place in hard-pressed Shanghai at the end of the 1940s. Hu Zhiqing can barely support his wife and children, and his situation is worsened by the unexpected arrival of his mother, brother and sister-in-law. When he is fired by his unscrupulous boss, the whole family becomes embroiled in one emotional/economic struggle after another.
Top Billed Cast
Shangguan Yunzhu 
Lan Ma 
Wu Yin 
Huang Yan 
Qi Mengshi 
Qi Heng 
Wang Longji Wu Yin (as Yin Wu)
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