Life on a String

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An old, blind banjo player (Zhongyuan Liu) was promised as a child that when he broke his thousandth string, his sight would be restored. As the promised cure draws near, he and his apprentice, Shitou (Lei Huang), also blind, diverge in their beliefs on the purpose of music. Qing Xu also stars in writer-director Kaige Chen's heartfelt fable, adapted from the novel by Tiesheng Shi.

Cast

Liu Zhongyuan
as Old Musician
Huang Lei
as Young Musician
Xu Qing
as Lanxiu
Yao Jingou
Ma Ling
as Noodleshop Owner's Wife
Zhang Zhenguan
Lei Huang
Qing Xu
Zhongyuan Liu
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Audience Reviews for Life on a String

Okay but not the best in Chinese film history. Acceptable but not great.

John Ballantine
John Ballantine

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½

Old blind musician wanders around the Chinese backwaters with young blind disciple in tow. There is a plot.. old musician believes than when he breaks his 1000th string on his instrument (hence the title) he will see again and there's some quite pretty music and some philosophical fortune-cookie musings but really not enough to keep you glued to the screen for 110 minutes. Quite a good film to take up origami to keep you semi-preoccupied during the slow unfolding. .

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