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Zi fei yu., Fish story, chu pin, Shi na hua ren ; zhi zuo, Shi na hua ren, Ying xiang xian yan ; dao yan, Huang Zhaobang, DVD

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Zi fei yu.

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chu pin, Shi na hua ren ; zhi zuo, Shi na hua ren, Ying xiang xian yan ; dao yan, Huang Zhaobang

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Fish story

880-06, "This documentary explores what it is like growing up in an adult world through children's eyes. J SHEN and Jacky WONG are good friends, inseparable since they have first met in first grade. J was born to a single-parent family in Hong Kong, raised up by his Mainland-born mother in a small subdivided unit. In order to avoid leaving J home alone, his mother sends him to homes of his classmates in times of her leave to Mainland for visa-renewing. Hoping for better futures for their children, parents brought them to Hong Kong where they have no choice but to live in cramped and close quarters. The sudden change of environment forces children to re-identify themselves in face of the new culture and values. Is this an investment that will ultimately prove worthwhile? What does "family" mean to these children? How do they perceive the hopes and dreams of their parents and the expectations of society to "success"? In return, will children's expectations to their parents and society be heard and understood by the adults? Even though life in poor environment and condition seems to have constrained possibilities, these children still aspire to spread their wings and fly up high. The kind of vitality children own is exactly what grown-ups might no longer desire or understand. Just as remarked in an ancient Chinese classic, "How does one understand the joy of fish, if one is not a fish?" Such is the tale woven through the running time of Fish Story" --, adapted from CNEX website

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Fish story

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