The Song of Cotton
2016, Chinese. Directed by Yuancheng Zhu.
A young woman Mianhua ("Cotton") gets a job which she has never done before: to be a full-time caretaker of an old stubborn boxer who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. The old man's son with his later wife lives overseas and almost takes no care of him, and his daughter with his ex-wife hires Mianhua to take care of him - but the daughter distrusts and despises all nannies for "knows only lying, abusing, and taking advantages". Under the same roof, however, the old man and Mianhua start to get along with each other well over time, and he starts to mistake Mianhua as his ex-wife whom he owed a love debt to. All of a sudden, Mianhua finds out that she got pregnant...
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Chinese
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- Released
- 1 April 2016
- Country
- China
- Written by
- Yuancheng Zhu, Pepper Wu
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The Song of Cotton runs 98 minutes (1h 38m).
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The Song of Cotton isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 April 2016. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Song of Cotton?
The Song of Cotton (2016) was directed by Yuancheng Zhu and stars Bingyan Yan, Wang Deshun, Wang Qing.