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Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing? is a taiwanais film of genre Drama

Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing? (1983)

Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing?
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OriginTaiwan
Genres Drama,    Musical
Rating73% 3.667293.667293.667293.667293.66729

Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing (Chinese: 搭錯車) is a 1983 Taiwanese musical film directed by Yu Kanping (虞戡平) starring Sun Yueh (孫越) and Linda Liu (劉瑞琪). This film was released 8 times in Taiwan and 11 times in Hong Kong and won 4 Golden Horse Awards. The theme song Any Empty Wine Bottles For Sale (Chinese: 酒矸倘賣無) by Su Rui is also famous.

Da Cuo Cue (搭错车)(2005) is a popular 22 episodes TV series produced in Mainland China rewritting the film plot starring Li Xuejian (李雪健) and Li Lin (李琳).

Synopsis

The movie centres around the lives of a speech-impaired army veteran and his adopted daughter. He works as a bottle recycler either buying used bottles or picking up discarded bottles with his tricycle wagon. He lives within a shanty ghetto part of the city with his woman companion who is dependent on him bringing back a bottle of saki every evening. He is affectionately known as "Uncle" in the ghetto.

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