Life stories
By Xu Fan | China Daily | Updated: 2017-04-27 07:09
Centered on individuals, five documentaries by Chinese and foreign directors win at a Hangzhou festival, Xu Fan reports.
During a trek to the mountains of Hubei province, in 2015, documentary filmmaker Jin Xingzheng heard the story of a woman in her 80s who has long taken care of her mentally ill son.
The woman, Luo Changjie, has been injured several times due to her son's involuntary behavior but has never complained. Her selfless love touched Jin, and he made Mama.
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