LAS Film Series: Un cuento chino (Chinese Take-Out)

Wednesday, October 7, 2015 - 10:30pm
Maginnes Hall, Room113

Un cuento chino 

(Chinese Take-Out) (2011)

Director Sebastián Borenzstein

FREE Film Screening for LU Students/Faculty/Staff ONLY

In Buenos Aires, the bitter and methodic Roberto is a lonely man and the owner of a hardware store. One day, Roberto sees a Chinese named Jun being expelled from a taxi. Jun does not speak Spanish and shows a tattoo with an address on his arm.. 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. (imdb.com)

Discussant: Instructor Eunice Cortez

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

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