Chen, Kaige, (II), Bing Liu, Chen, Hong, Chen, Qiang, Kim, Hye-ri, Li, Chuan-Yuan	...	(Director)
Kaige Chen, Xiao Lu Xue	...	(Writer)
Yun Tang	...	Liu Xiaochun
Peiqi Liu	...	Liu Cheng
Hong Chen	...	Lili
Zhiwen Wang	...	Prof. Jiang
Kaige Chen	...	Prof. Yu Shifeng
Qiang Chen	...	Hui
Qing Zhang	...	Lin Yu
Hye-ri Kim	...	Prof. Yu's Wife
Bing Liu	...	Debao
Chuan-Yuan Li	...	Tang Rong
Ru-Yun Tang	...
Haiyan Zhang	...	Child's mother

Comments: DCH 122

Summary: Chen Kaige, director of the OscarÂ(r)-nominated* Farewell My Concubine, composes a richly imagined and 'tender symphony (Screen International) about love, ambition and destiny in China's high-pressure world of classical music. Surging with warmth, humanity and a sense of humor (The Hollywood Reporter), this lyrical, enchanting heartwarmer (Variety) is a 'sure-fire crowd-pleaser (Los Angeles Times)! When violin prodigy Xiaochun and his father headto Beijing seeking fame and fortune, they soon discover a fierce world of cutthroat ambition. But when Xiaochun is adopted by a famous music tutor, success finally seems within reachuntil a shocking discovery begins to unravel his entire world and the boy must make the most difficult choice ofhis life. Can he achieve the fame his father had always hoped for without losing the extraordinary passion that sets him apart? *1993: Foreign Language Film