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Sight

Sight

The present is made possible by the past.

20246.21h 43m

Overview

Ming Wang is an impoverished Chinese prodigy who flees Communist China to become a pioneering eye surgeon in America. When tasked with restoring the sight of an orphan in India, who was blinded by her stepmother, Wang must confront the trauma of living through the violent uprising in his youth, the Cultural Revolution.

Directed by Andrew Hyatt
Written by Andrew Hyatt, John Duigan, Buzz McLaughlin
Box OfficeBudget: $6.0MRevenue: $7

Top Cast

Terry Chen

Terry Chen

Ming Wang

Greg Kinnear

Greg Kinnear

Misha Bartnovsky

Fionnula Flanagan

Fionnula Flanagan

Sister Marie

Wai Ching Ho

Wai Ching Ho

Alian

Raymond Ma

Raymond Ma

Zhensheng

Ben Wang

Ben Wang

Young Ming

Jayden Tianyi Zhang

Jayden Tianyi Zhang

Young Ming

Donald Heng

Donald Heng

Young Zhensheng

Jennifer Juniper Angeli

Jennifer Juniper Angeli

Lynn Hendrich

Natalie Skye

Natalie Skye

June Bartnovsky

Themes & Keywords

china1970scultural revolutionbased on true storyeye specialistblindnessnashville, tennesseecommunismtraumatic childhood1960scommunist chinaacid burning2000srural settingindependent filmabsurddisrespectfulabusive stepmother

About Sight

Sight is a drama, history film released in 2024 exploring themes of china, 1970s, cultural revolution, based on true story, eye specialist, blindness. Directed by Andrew Hyatt, it stars Terry Chen, Greg Kinnear, Fionnula Flanagan. Ming Wang is an impoverished Chinese prodigy who flees Communist China to become a pioneering eye surgeon in America. When tasked with restoring the sight of an orphan in India, who was blinded by her stepmother, Wang must confront the trauma of living through the violent uprising in his youth, the Cultural Revolution.

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