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"Yang is a widower who is used to living a solitary life. He lives a simple and poor life. His eldest daughter is married and resides in Kuala Lumpur, his second daughter is still studying in Singapore and his youngest son works as a small-time salesman. Yang real troubles begins when he realizes that he cannot afford to celebrate the coming Chinese New Year. However, a chance encounter with his long-time friend, Lin who has become a millionaire,...
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"Ka, a common housewife, leaves her husband after big change in the family. Then she encounters Man, who has for years blamed her father Chow for bringing to light his relationship with his lover Tracy after the accidental death of Mans mother. And so it seems that from departures stems relationships anew, but there are in fact little to be explained in the logic of cause-and-effect for existence, death, encounters, and love"-- Container.
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"Sheng Liang returns home after 10 years when he learns that his father has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Sheng Liang left home 10 years ago to pursue his passion in music after an argument with his father. The family fears their father's disapproval of his return but is shocked when their father mistakes Shen Liang for Ah Nga, their father's younger brother who had passed away a few years ago..."-- Container.
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When Chen's estranged wife reappears asking for a divorce and custody of their daughter, the musician girl decides she will live with whoever can give her a piano. When Chen's efforts to borrow money and even steal a piano fail, he decides to make a piano by hand. He persuades a bunch of reluctant, but loyal friends to help him forge the instrument in an old factory from scrap metal. Though crude in design and tune, the factory piano awaits its first...
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"Set in Singapore, Ilo Ilo chronicles the relationship between the Lim family and their newly arrived maid, Teresa. Like many other Filipino women, she has come to this city in search of a better life. Her presence in the family worsens their already strained relationship. Jiale, the young and troublesome son, starts to form a unique bond with Teresa, who soon becomes an unspoken part of the family. This is 1997 and the Asian Financial Crisis is beginning...
10) Wu hu si hai
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The novel tells the story of a pair of young people born in the 1950s who, following the tide of reform and opening up, met each other, fell in love, started a family and started a business, and became the "rich generation" with their hard work and wisdom. From the two-person world of a floating family to a prosperous population and a chain of companies, it has been smooth sailing but also a little bumpy. Village chiefs support, banks lend, brothers...
12) An'an: Ann Ann
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High school student Xu Changan (Anan) is restless and curious, just like most other students. But his life is under threat of family illness his father and sister are both died of liver cancer. His only friend in school is Ading, who is also from a dysfunctional family.
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