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The Missing Star (La Stella che non c'è)
Directed by
Gianni Amelio
Year
Runtime
2006
104 minutes
Genre
Drama
Language
Mandarin, Italian
Synopsis
Vincenzo, the maintenance manager of a steel mill in Bagnoli, is charged with the responsibility of shutting down the plant and selling the molten metal to the Chinese. When things are just wrapping up, Vincenzo realizes that the Chinese were sold a defective machine, which years earlier had caused the death of a worker. Having discovered a way to fix to machine, Vincenzo leaves for China where accompanied by an interpreter, Liu Hua, he will try to track down the plant and fix the machine...
Producer(s)
Marco Chimenz, Giovanni Stabilini, Riccardo Tozzi
Produced by
Cattleya, Babe Film, Rai Cinema, Radiotelevisione Svizzera Italiana, Carac Films, ACHAB Film, Oak 3 Films, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, Liguria Film Commission
International Sales/Distribution
Cast
Sergio Castellitto, Tai Ling
Tags
2006, Drama, Journey