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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...

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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

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