Ming Wang is an impoverished Chinese prodigy who flees Communist China to become a pioneering eye surgeon in America. When tasked with restoring the sight of an orphan in India, who was blinded by her stepmother, Wang must confront the trauma of living through the violent uprising in his youth, the Cultural Revolution.
Acting
Terry Chen ages 30 years with just his jawline
Cinematography
Nashville's warmth vs. gray Mao-era China
Writing
Parallel orphan stories that actually land
Director
Andrew Hyatt
Terry Chen
Ming Wang
Greg Kinnear
Misha Bartnovsky
Fionnula Flanagan
Sister Marie
Wai Ching Ho
Alian
Raymond Ma
Zhensheng
Ben Wang
Young Ming
Jayden Tianyi Zhang
Young Ming
Donald Heng
Young Zhensheng
Jennifer Juniper Angeli
Lynn Hendrich
Natalie Skye
June Bartnovsky
Danni Wang
Anle
Natasha Mumba
Ruth Tarik
Mia SwamiNathan
Kajal
Sky Kao
Jason
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Ming Wang founded the Wang Vision Institute in Nashville and performed over 55,000 eye surgeries. The film was partially funded by Christian production companies, though Wang's actual faith journey is more complex than depicted.
Director Andrew Hyatt previously made Paul, Apostle of Christ—this is his first non-biblical true story, and the tonal whiplash between faith-based uplift and Cultural Revolution brutality was reportedly contested in editing.
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