When French physician Dr. Jean Louis Bussière gathered his father’s belongings, he found three thousand photos and a large number of documents including ones gifted by Chinese former President Yuan Shikai, the Tibetan Lama 9th Panchen, Peking Opera actor Mei Lanfang and many other anonymous people. There is a garden in one of these photos which was built in Beijing by his father. The garden combining Chinese and western styles has been well preserved up till now. His father Dr. Jean Augustin Bussière was the head physician of the French Legation, physician of the president of the Republic of China and had lived in China for 41 years before left. What happened to his father during these years in China? How did his father meet his mother? Why did his father come back to France when he was 82-year-old? In the spring of 2014, Jean Louis came to China with all these questions. He tried to find out the secrets behind these photos.

Original Tiltle: 贝家花园往事
Year: 2015
Length: 50min
Resolution: HD
Produced by: BNU Documentary Center （Click to go)