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.

Mr. Mergler's Gift

The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 25th Genie Awards in 2005.

Mr. Mergler's Gift

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2004 films

2004 documentary films

Canadian musical documentary films

National Film Board of Canada documentaries

Quebec films

Documentary films about classical music and musicians

2000s English-language films

2000s Canadian films

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