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Pushing Hands

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Director
Ang Lee
Language
Chinese
Released
1991-12-07
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7.391 votes on TMDB

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Mr. Chu is an elderly widower who teaches tai chi chuan in Beijing. He moves to America to live with his son's family, but finds the cultural adjustment difficult. Since his daughter-in-law is a white woman who does not speak Chinese, Mr. Chu's son, Alex, must mediate.

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