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Chinese Take-Away

In Buenos Aires, the bitter and methodic Roberto (Ricardo Darín) is a lonely man and the owner of a hardware store. Roberto collects bizarre worldwide news in an album as a hobby and his acquaintance Mari (Muriel Santa Ana) has an unrequited love for him, but Roberto is always evasive. One day, Roberto sees a Chinese man named Jun (Ignacio Huang) being expelled from a taxi and he helps the man. Jun does not speak Spanish and shows a tattoo with an address on his arm. Roberto heads to the spot with Jun and discover that the place belonged to Jun's uncle that sold it three and half years ago. Roberto goes with Jun to the around Buenos Aires to seek out his uncle but it is a fruitless search. Roberto lodges Jun in his house and finally finds a delivery boy to translate Jun and he learns the dramatic story of his life.

Year: 2011
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Latin America Cinema, Film Festivals 2012
Country: Argentina, Spain
Director: Sebastian Borensztein
Starring: Ricardo Darin, Muriel Santa Ana, Ignacio Huang
Duration: 103 Minutes
Rating: M - Offensive language and sexual references
Subtitles: Yes
7.1/10
Location in store: Foreign (Latin America)

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