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Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
When a violin prodigy Xiaochun and his father head to 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 reach - until a shocking discovery begins to unravel his entire world, and the boy must make the most difficult choice of his life. Can he achieve the fame his father had always hoped for without losing the extraordinary passion that sets him apart?
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes73%
Metacritic60/100
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
64 audience votes
Key crew
- Xue XiaoluScreenplay
- Chen KaigeScreenplay
- Chen KaigeDirector
- Zhao LinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Yun TangXiao Chun
- Chen HongLi Li
- Liu PeiqiLiu Cheng
- Cheng QianLi Li's Boyfriend
- Chen KaigeProfessor Yu
- Kim Hye-riProf. Yu's Wife
- Wang ZhiwenJiang
- Chen QiangHui
- Bing LiuDebao
- Chuan-Yuan LiTang Rong
- Zhang HaiyanChild's Mother
- Zhang QingLin Yu
Stills
Themes
violinmusic competitionwidowerbeijing, chinafather son relationship