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Miércoles de cine: "Un cuento chino"

An Argentinian comedy starring Ricardo Darín

Photo from film "Un cuento chino"
Photo credit: pragda.com

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Roberto is the eccentric owner of a hardware store and a notorious loner. He prefers collecting peculiar newspaper articles to social interaction. When he bumps into Jun, his life is turned upside down. Jun is Chinese, does not speak a word of Spanish and just arrived in Argentina. Roberto sees himself forced to help the young Chinese, but he only wants one thing: to get rid of the annoying guest as soon as possible. While searching for Jun's relatives, however, his own life is not spared from changes either. 

Film description from comedyfilmfestival.de

Sebastián Borensztein, Argentina 2011

The film will be shown in Spanish with English subtitles

Watch the film trailer here