Chinese Take-Away

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Chinese Take-Away

"An Argentine and a Chinese united by a cow that fell from the sky"

2011

1h 33m

7.2(417 votes)

Comedy

Overview

A comedy that chronicles a chance encounter between Robert and a Chinese named Jun who wanders lost through the city of Buenos Aires in search of his uncle after being assaulted by a taxi driver and his henchmen.

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Cast & Crew

35 members

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Ricardo Darín

Roberto

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Ignacio Huang

Jun

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Carolina Hsu

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Muriel Santa Ana

Mari

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Iván Romanelli

Leonel

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Pablo Seijo

Client 1

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Derli Prada

Provider 1

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Joaquín Bouzas

Client 2

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Gustavo Comini

Dump Truck Driver

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Yu Sheng Liao

Chinese Official

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Eduardo Jin Lin

Local Chinese Cashier

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Heng Wang

Local Employee

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Vivian El Jaber

Rosa

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Enric Cambray

Roberto as a Young Man

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Javier Pinto

Italian Lover

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Pochi Ducasse

Mrs. Amelia

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Liliana Cuomo

Flower Seller

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Claudio Torres

Rotisserie

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Sebastián Codega

Police Officer

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Alejandro Acuña

Trench Companion

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Kevin Schiele

English Officer 1

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Germán Rodríguez

Officer Digging Well

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Tony Fann

Luis Delivery

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Fernando Liu

Marcelo Cheng

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Hir Chou Chen

Mr. Quian

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Zhenghui Liu

Embassy Employee 1

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Sebastián Hsu

Embassy Employee 2

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Xari Lin

Chinese Thief 1

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Fernando Liao

Chinese Thief 2

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Hung Chen Chang

Chinese Peasant 1

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Bin Qu

Chinese Peasant 2

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Berta Cubillo

Biker

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José Moledo

Barber

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Raúl Martínez

Barber's Client

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Julia Castelló Agulló

Italian Lover

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