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'Mr. Mergler's Gift' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Beverly Shaffer and released in 2004.[Bill Brownstein, "Life, love, music". 'Montreal Gazette', September 1, 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.[
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The film premiered at the 2004 Montreal World Film Festival.[Matthew Hays, "He's got the whole World in his hands". 'The Globe and Mail', August 26, 2004.]
The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 25th Genie Awards in 2005.[Jay Stone, "Genie nominees reflect diversity". 'Victoria Times-Colonist', February 9, 2005.]
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