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There was one very special scene at the end of the film. My character, Zhao Di, has been sick. She wakes up and her mother tells her that the man she loves has come back from the city and had spent the day by her bedside.

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Zhang Ziyi
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: February 9
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