A Place to Call Home (1970 film)

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A Place to Call Home
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Directed by Wu Jiaxiang
Written by I. Fang Yeh
Produced by Runme Shaw
Starring Li Ching (actress)
CinematographyMing Huang
Edited by Hsing-lung Chiang
Music by Fu-ling Wang
Distributed by Shaw Brothers
Release date
  • 11 April 1970 (1970-04-11)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryHong Kong
Language Mandarin

A Place to Call Home or Yu nu qin qing is a 1970 Hong Kong Shaw Brothers drama film directed by Wu Jiaxiang. [1]

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Plot

A girl from a well-to-do and loving family discovers she is adopted and goes in search of her biological mother. All is not well after she finds her real mother and moves in with her. Her stepfather tries to rape her but she escapes with the help of her adopted father and boyfriend. After the trials and tribulations, she realises that her home is where true parental love is.

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References

  1. "A Place to Call Home". hkmdb.com. 11 April 1970. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  2. Mok, Laramie (4 September 2018). "4 big screen beauties from the golden age of Shaw Brothers films - 3. Margaret Hsing Hui". scmp.com. Retrieved 2 November 2020.