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As Xiuzhi, lines up to depart from home in Guangzhou for the first time in all his 17 years with his father, he remembers how his mother has brought him up single-handedly since he was 11 months old. Left behind when her husband moved to America, Tian Guifang soon discovers her son needs more care than other children when he is diagnosed as having Asperger’s Syndrome.
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Status
Released
Original Language
ZH
This Best Short Subject Academy Award winning film begins in the spring of 1940, just before the Nazi occupation of the Benelux countries, and ends immediately after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It chronicles how the people of "Main Street America", the country's military forces, and its industrial base were completely transformed when the decision was made to gear up for war. Original footage is interspersed with contemporary newsreels and stock footage.