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Soul Mountain, the story of one man’s quest for inner peace and freedom.
Gao Xingjian
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Gao Xingjian
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: January 4
Film Director
Literary Critic
Novelist
Painter
Playwright
Translator
Writer
Xingjian Gao
Hành Kiện Cao
Hsing-chien Kao
Mountain
Story
Freedom
Peace
Stories
Soul
Quests
Men
Quest
Inner
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