‘Big World’: A Palsy of the Body Needn’t Be One of the Soul

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‘Big World’: A Palsy of the Body Needn’t Be One of the Soul
Liu Chunhe (Jackson Yee), in “Big World.” Shanghai Gengxi Film
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This Chinese film portrays an old woman’s heroic battle for a palsied young man’s soul.

Astute, articulate, ambitious 20-year-old Liu Chunhe (Jackson Yee) has struggled with cerebral palsy all his life. Superficially, it’s his mother, Chen Lu (Jiang Qinqin), who cares for him; in reality, it’s his maternal grandmother, Chen Suqun (Diana Lin), who does.

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