Zhang Empresses - 45 minute documentary - trailer

Watch the full film here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feevlb9QYB8&feature=plcp&context=C3ae2...

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Growing up surrounded by blond, blue-eyed children in Sweden, Chinese adoptees Alice, Mimmi, Nanna and Linnéa always felt different. The girls were adopted on the same day from the same orphanage but -- having moved abroad as babies -- they don't speak Mandarin and have no concept of their native country. Now ten years old, they are returning to China for the first time. What will they make of their homeland? A moving look at identity.


Feb 2007

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[kimlyn62]

there's a baby in this movie that looks just like me. I am from Wuhan, China and i was adopted too. When i was 1 1/2 my american parents' came to china and adopted me. My mom is swedish! And i go to sweden every year! I stay in gothenburg and i go to stocholm to see my cousin's and uncle's. I really start to cry when i think about my chinese parents. I'm really glad we have a lot in common.

[pastelmoon]

That is a very touching story. I hope the girls either find their biological parents or are able to put it behind them.

[1laffy2taffy]

i share your pain of people thinking i should speak chinese.

[Piten4]

@imgordonfreeman yes it is :)

[Azishome]

At the end of this film, when the Empresses are invited to lunch by the director of the orphanage from which they were adopted, a young girl--a young woman--is included along with some of the other orphans, some are likely too old to ever be adopted. The young woman must use a walker. She broke our heart. Were my wife and I 20 years younger, we think we would try to adopt her. God bless all of the older orphans.

[salvattore69]

i met some koreans who were also adopted and raised in Scandinavia. From what I have heard girls have it a bit easier than guys, the guys just get picked on and beaten up at school. Girls also face difficulty but not as much violence as guys. Overall they are nice friendly people with very interesting life stories to tell.

[imgordonfreeman]

hows sweden? are people nice over there?

[mistyken]

wow she got really nice hair

[britneylovesyou1990]

china ftw

[mralanv]

some words in swedish sound just exactly like in english

[onimotoko]

what is this about?