Silence in the Dust
More than twenty years ago, Dazhang along with his three brothers came to Guangdong to work in a local quartz powder factory.However, a few years later, Dazhang was diagnosed with advanced staged pneumoconiosis.Returning to his hometown, the pneumoconiosis was gradually killing him every single day.
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More than twenty years ago, Dazhang along with his three brothers came to Guangdong to work in a local quartz powder factory. However, a few years later, Dazhang was diagnosed with advanced staged pneumoconiosis. Returning to his hometown, the pneumoconiosis was gradually killing him every single day. The entire family was stuck in this seemingly endless suffering, while his children were still confused about what happened to their father.
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- Release date
- Sep 11, 2023
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
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- Language
- Mandarin
- Country
- China, France
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