A blind musician's soul laid bare through strings — 220 minutes of devastating beauty.
Acting
Songmao Zheng's physical transformation into blindness is breathtaking.
Direction
Yan Jizhou's patient framing turns suffering into transcendent art.
Score
Erhu performances recorded live — no dubbing, pure anguish.
Director
Yan Jizhou
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Songmao Zheng spent six months learning erhu from scratch, practicing blindfolded for authenticity.
The film resurrected ABing's 'Erquan Yingyue' from obscurity; it's now China's most famous erhu composition.
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