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2004 Canadian documentary film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mr. Mergler's Gift is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Beverly Shaffer and released in 2004.[1] The film is a portrait of Daniel Mergler, a 77-year-old music teacher in Montreal, Quebec, who has recently been diagnosed with terminal colon cancer, and Xin Ben Yu, a young piano prodigy who has just immigrated to Canada with her family, whom Mergler has decided to take on as his final student before his death.[1]
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Directed by | Beverly Shaffer |
Produced by | Germaine Ying Gee Wong |
Starring | Daniel Mergler Xin Ben Yu |
Cinematography | Andrei Khabad Thomas Vámos |
Edited by | Benjamin Duffield |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
The film premiered at the 2004 Montreal World Film Festival.[2]
The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 25th Genie Awards in 2005.[3]
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