Mr. Mergler's Gift (2005)
31m
Running Time
January 14, 2005Release Date
Mr. Mergler's Gift (2005)
31m
Running Time
January 14, 2005Release Date
Plot.
Nine-year-old prodigy Xin Ben takes lessons from Daniel Mergler, a piano teacher at the end of his career. In this remarkable story about a student and her mentor, Xin Ben and Mergler meet 26 times over the course of one year. During this time, Xin Ben illuminates Mergler's final months as an instructor with her youthful talent, and he, in return, lovingly guides her towards a life in music.
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Mr. Mergler's Gift is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Beverly Shaffer and released in 2004. 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.The film premiered at the 2004 Montreal World Film Festival.The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 25th Genie Awards in 2005.