| Title |
Chinese takeaway = Un cuento chino. |
| Published |
[Australia] : Rialto Distribution, [2012]. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (ca. 103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Notes |
Originally released as a motion picture, 2011. |
| "RIA109." |
| Credits |
Director and script, Sebastián Borensztein ; Producers, Pablo Bossi ... [et al.] ; editing Fernando Pardo ; Director of photography, Rodrigo Pulpeiro. |
| Performers |
Ricardo Darín; Ignacio Huang; Muriel Santa Ana; Gerardo Herrero. |
| Summary |
In Buenos Aires, the bitter and methodic Roberto 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 has an unrequited love for him, but Roberto is always evasive. One day, Roberto sees a Chinese named Jun being expelled from a taxi while he is watching the landing of airplanes in the airport and he helps the man to stand up. 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 police station, to the China's embassy and to a Chinese neighborhood to seek out his uncle but it is a fruitless search. Roberto lodges Jun in his house and after a series of incidents, he finds a delivery boy to translate Jun and he learns the dramatic story of his life. |
| Target audience note |
Rating: M. infrequent violence and coarse language. |
| System details |
PAL; Region 4. |
| Language note |
In Spanish with English subtitles. |
| Awards note |
Winner Best Ibero-American Films, GOYA Awards ; Winner Best Film, Award of the Argentian Academy ; Winner Best Actor, Award of the Argentian Academy ; Winner Best Film, Rome International Film Festival ; Winner Audience Award, Rome International Film Festival. |
| Subjects |
Argentina -- Drama |
| Intercultural communication -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires -- Drama |
| Male friendship -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires -- Drama |
| Middle-aged men -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires -- Conduct of life -- Drama |
| Chinese -- Family relationships -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires -- Drama |
| Motion pictures -- Argentina |
| Genre |
Comedy films |
| Feature films |
| Other Names |
Borensztein, Sebastián, 1963- |
| Darín, Ricardo |
| Huang, Ignacio |
| Series |
Rialto collection |
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