Back to the North
2015, Chinese. Directed by Hao Lui.
After 30 years of one child family policy, Chinese parents who experience the death of their only son or daughter are becoming what is called "lost families."This has become a poignant issue, as there are more than one million "lost families" right now. Xiao Ai is diagnosed with a terminal illness and does not have long to live. She is concerned that her parents will become a "lost family" and have no one to take care of them after her death, so she decides to persuade them to have another child...
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- Released
- 24 September 2015
- Original title
- 向北方
- Country
- China
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- Hao Lui
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Who directed Back to the North?
Back to the North (2015) was directed by Hao Lui and stars Nan Sheng, Yijuan Su.