Streetwise
Drama
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1h 35m
Directed by Na Jiazuo • Documentary • With Li Jiuxiao, Miyi Huang • 2023 • 93 minutes
A gritty portrait of a group of outcasts in a fading Chinese city circa 2004. With his father requiring costly and continual hospital treatment, the aimless Dongzi (Li Jiuxiao) works as a debt collector for the local mafia. Further complicating things, he's in love with the boss’s wife (Huang Miyi), a troubled tattoo parlor owner who dreams of divorcing her husband and escaping her dead-end life.
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