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Summary Jian Ming, a small-time criminal, lives in a crowded urban village slum in Guangzhou. With no goals or aspirations, he scrapes out an existence by running a phony employment agency, scamming money out of desperate new arrivals from the countryside. He derives petty fulfillment through the creation on his apartment wall of a collage compr...

Directed By: Dayong Zhao

Written By: Dayong Zhao

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Summary Jian Ming, a small-time criminal, lives in a crowded urban village slum in Guangzhou. With no goals or aspirations, he scrapes out an existence by running a phony employment agency, scamming money out of desperate new arrivals from the countryside. He derives petty fulfillment through the creation on his apartment wall of a collage compr...

Directed By: Dayong Zhao

Written By: Dayong Zhao

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Production Company Lantern Films China Company
Release Date Jun 20, 2011
Duration 1 h 33 m
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Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations