NIGHTBOOKS: Stylish Kid's Horror with a Focus on Acceptance
Nightbooks, the newest entry in children's horror, honors classic horror films, focuses on themes of acceptance, and has awesome production design.
Education of Love
.A young middle-class upstart Lin Ching Yi reluctantly takes on the task as understudy for her sick father who's a dedicated teacher to a band of mischievous working-class 3rd graders that initially proved to be much more than she can handle. Yet it is the matronly bond that is formed with her little urchin flock and her gradual understanding of the their poverty-stricken home lives outside of the classroom that raises the stakes for her as a teacher. It doesn't hurt that her empathetic male colleague Kit Chang provides support for her dilemmas also provide her a prospect as love interest. With growing ties with her students and school, Lin finds herself accepting the challenge for education of her community with her own education of love.
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.A young middle-class upstart Lin Ching Yi reluctantly takes on the task as understudy for her sick father who's a dedicated teacher to a band of mischievous working-class 3rd graders that initially proved to be much more than she can handle. Yet it is the matronly bond that is formed with her little urchin flock and her gradual understanding of the their poverty-stricken home lives outside of the classroom that raises the stakes for her as a teacher. It doesn't hurt that her empathetic male colleague Kit Chang provides support for her dilemmas also provide her a prospect as love interest. With growing ties with her students and school, Lin finds herself accepting the challenge for education of her community with her own education of love.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Chun Kim
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Runtime:117 minutes
Studio:Motion Picture & General Investment Co., Ltd.
Cast
Chung Kai-Man
Director
Jeanette Lin Tsui
Lin Jingyi
Yin Wang
Papa Lin/Lin Xuexian
Kelly Lai Chen
Shi Jie/Zhang Shijie
Wang Lai
Mama Lin
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
Shao Tu-tzu
Ng Ming-Choi
Chen Man
Wu Chia-Hsiang
Signs funeral book [cameo]
Chu Mu
He Shuang Chuan's father
Ma Hsiao-Nung
Chen Man's mother
Lui Tat
School Headmaster
Teng Hsiao-Yu
Zhang Yaozong
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