Sand Pebbles (2015)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 35M

Director : Clifford Choi

Synopsis

A retiring primary school teacher and her three teenage grandchildren of different cultural backgrounds cope with the outbreak of the deadly SARS virus in Hong Kong in 2003.

Actors

Pau Hei-Ching
Pau Hei-Ching
Grandmother
Kitson Shum
Kitson Shum
Gwun
Choi Si-Kei
Choi Si-Kei
Natalie
SimC
SimC
Moon

Crews

Clifford Choi
Clifford Choi
Director
Clifford Choi
Clifford Choi
Writer

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