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