Ni hao, Zhihua

The plot is complex and difficult to simplify but I'll try. The movie centers on Yuan Zhinan and how those who loved her react to her suicide death. Her sister, Zhihua, resists believing it until she is forced to tell her sisters former boyfriend, Yin Chuan, that her sister has died. Chaun tracks down Zhinan's estranged, abusive, husband, Zhang Chao, and tells him of her death. He was abusive to chuan before the news but admitted to being a bad husband and father after the news of her death. Yin Chaun wrote a book titled "Zhinan" that Zhinan and Chao's daughter, Mumu, has read. Mumu tells Chaun she could feel the love that he had for her mother in the book and that, during the bad times, when her father was being abusive, it gave her hope knowing that the man who wrote the book with her mothers name might someday come back and rescue them. Zhinan's son Chenchen runs away while staying with Zhihua stating he has no home. The last letter is an inspirational speech Zhinan gave at the graduation ceremony from middle school. I've left out quite a bit of the various sub-plots including some male characters who are real jerks. To summarize, this is a very touching movie, with fine acting by young actors, very much worth the time.