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Chinese Take-Away

2011 · 93 min

A low-key, gently funny odd-couple story that sneaks up on you with warmth and quiet emotional weight.

Tagline
An Argentine and a Chinese united by a cow that fell from the sky
Overview
A comedy that chronicles a chance encounter between Robert and a Chinese named Jun who wanders lost through the city of Buenos Aires in search of his uncle after being assaulted by a taxi driver and his henchmen.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • friendship
  • grief
  • found family
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Sebastián Borensztein
Written by
Sebastián Borensztein
Starring
Ricardo Darín, Ignacio Huang, Carolina Hsu, Muriel Santa Ana, Iván Romanelli, Pablo Seijo, Derli Prada, Joaquín Bouzas
Music
Lucio Godoy
Cinematography
Rolo Pulpeiro
Runtime
93 min
Country
Argentina, Spain
Languages
Mandarin, Spanish

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