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When the Bough Breaks

7.020132h 24mMovieDocumentary

Ji Dan’s documentary about the daughters of a dirt-poor family living among Beijing scrap heaps, and their ferocious determination to get an education, is exhilarating, heart breaking, life affirming, shocking, despairing and ecstatic, all at once.

DirectorJi Dan

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When the Bough Breaks hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around February 19, 2013. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.