Characters & Themes
Life on a String (1991) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1991 · 110 mins · Chinese
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- Directed by
- Chen Kaige
- Starring
- Huang Lei, Zhang Zhengyuan, Xu Qing, Yao Er-ga, Liu Zhongyuan, Ma Ling
A blind man is told by his master that if he breaks one thousand strings on his banjo, the instrument will open to reveal a script that can restore his eyes. He spends sixty years dedicated to the task, and when he finally snaps the thousandth string, the promised secret is unlocked.
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