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My first reaction on seeing the cast was to groan inside. Not wishing to prejudice my viwing beforehand I persisted and was pleasantly surprised by the result.

Be not mistaken, this is no earth shattering movie which will win artistic awards or even oscars.

It is a feelgood, tugging at the heart-strings movie aimed at Western and westernized audiences,

It tells the tale of two girls born on the same day an ocean apart who grow up leading very different lives. While for the girl of Malibu life is a breeze with comfort and success without struggle living in the parental home with two parents who fight and squabble but who nevertheless dote on their daughter, the other girl enjoys or endures a different experience. In China a girl is found abandoned with a facial disfigurement. She is discovered by a worker and taken home to be brought up alongside his wife and son. They leave after seven years when the husband resists his wife's demands to send the girl away. He selflessly devotes himself to her upbringing despite the difficulties while she hides herself away lierally in the house and by a veil when outside.

The two come together through a community service project which takes Miss Malibu to China. Each learns a little about life on the other side of the tracks and good wins through until they all live happily ever after.

Partly a propaganda movie the film plays on the emotions and we can all share in the pain and joy. We wonder what the disfigurement is until it is finally revealed near to the end of the movie. Despite this aspect to the movie it certainly had an impact on my children at home generating many questions about a whole gamut of areas.


Product Details

Actors: Mika Boorem, Sean Astin, Luoyong Wang, Beau Bridges, Linda Hamilton
Directors: Jeffrey Kramer
Format: Multiple Formats, Color, Dolby