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Her Heart Beats in its Cage 

Hong spent ten years in prison for killing her husband. Thanks to her contribution to the prison art workshop, she receives an unexpected opportunity to reduce her sentence. Her son, Lele, was raised by his grandmother and was never prepared to live with his mother. After their reunion, Lele always treats her coldly. Faced with a lonely grandmother who longs for Lele to return to her and a society that treats ex-convicts poorly, can Hong escape her invisible prison and regain happiness?
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Hong spent ten years in prison for killing her husband. Thanks to her contribution to the prison art workshop, she receives an unexpected opportunity to reduce her sentence. Her son, Lele, was raised by his grandmother and was never prepared to live with his mother. After their reunion, Lele always treats her coldly. Faced with a lonely grandmother who longs for Lele to return to her and a society that treats ex-convicts poorly, can Hong escape her invisible prison and regain happiness?

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Genre:Drama
Directed By:Qin Xiaoyu
Written By:Qin Xiaoyu, Su Jingyuan, Emily Tang
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Box Office:$6,250
Runtime:86 minutes
Studio:Shanghai Dax Pictures

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Qin Xiaoyu

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Zhao Xiaohong

Hong

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Jingqi Zhang

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Junyan Wang

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Zhang Haoyu

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Liu Shuyi

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Zhou Ping

Father Liao

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Hao Yanfei

Sis Hua

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