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Gua Sha - The Treatment |
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After years of hard work, Xu Datong, a Chinese immigrant to the US, has finally achieved success as an outstanding video game designer. With his promising career and loving family, he feels he has become a true American. Datong's father comes over from China, and uses a traditional Chinese medical technique, called guasha, to treat Datong's son, Dennis. Unexpectedly, an American doctor thinks the bruises on Dennis' back left by the guasha treatment are signs of child abuse, and the finger is pointed at Datong. The Treatment is a moving portrayal of the enormous gulfs between cultures and their possible repercussions.
Duration: 100 minutes |