The Orphan of Anyang (2001)

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An unemployed factory worker adopts the child of a desperate prostitute in exchange for 200 yuan a month in child support. When the woman's pimp, a local gangster, not only finds out that he may have fathered the child, but also that he is dying of cancer, he decides that he must adopt the baby - and is willing to resort to violence if necessary.
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May 16, 2001
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An unemployed factory worker adopts the child of a desperate prostitute in exchange for 200 yuan a month in child support. When the woman's pimp, a local gangster, not only finds out that he may have fathered the child, but also that he is dying of cancer, he decides that he must adopt the baby - and is willing to resort to violence if necessary.

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