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★ 8 · 1987 · 90m · Drama
Tian Geng suffers from liver cancer and is told he has less than three months to live. A former lover takes care of him at the hospital, but he is unconsolable. However, his outlook changes when he meets a girl at hospital who lost her leg to disease at a young age and is in danger of losing her other leg, and has also lost all hope.
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