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      Luxury Car

      2006 1h 28m Drama List
      Reviews 48% 100+ Ratings Audience Score About to retire, a schoolteacher seeks out his son. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Every plot synopsis I've read reveals too much, and yet still gives incorrect information. Rather bland, but well-acted, Chinese drama with superfluous vomiting. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member not a bad and somewhat watchable Chinese drama with believable characters (good acting). Much of the story seems to have a lot of common elements with recent films from mainland China and was thus a bit predictable. The film could have much tighter editing and a redone coda/denoument that was a bit incoherent and dragged on too long, imho. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member slow burning but enjoyable Chinese drama! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Nothing spectacular, but in the States it's not easy to come across movies taking place in present-day China, so i'd recommend it on that basis alone. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member Muy recomendable para cinéfinos, de los que elogian la lentitud. La descripción, las emociones, los contrastes rurales-urbanos, la violencia mostradas desde una cámara que disfruta de largos primeros planos. Interesantes actuaciones. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member As his wife is dying from cancer, an old school teacher from the provinces travels to Wuhan hoping to find the son they haven't seen for years. He stays with his daughter, unaware that she is a call-girl working in a karaoke club, but enlisting the help of a policeman approaching retirement, he soon becomes aware of the character of the big city, the dangers it poses and the compromises it forces from people. Luxury Car gives a rounded perspective on the circumstances of people in present day China, presenting it as a well-placed drama without obvious political or social commentary, but it there if you want to look for it - in the changing values, in the striving for power and influence, in criminality, and of course in the dangerous dream of the lengths one will go to in order to own a luxury car. It even makes reference to the past through the father's background and his expulsion from the city during the Cultural Revolution. Beautifully made, the dark tones and colour of the film all play a part in conveying the image of cheap superficial glamour, which - like the spray-painted stolen luxury car - hides the reality underneath. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Derek Elley Variety [Director] Wang Chao finally attains an almost perfect balance between style and content in Luxury Car, a tightly written and beautifully played drama centered on a karaoke bar escort girl and her elderly father who visits from the sticks. May 26, 2006 Full Review Duane Byrge Hollywood Reporter Predictable and narratively uninspired, this Un Certain Regard entrant is unlikely to generate interest beyond its homeland. May 25, 2006 Full Review Prairie Miller NewsBlaze Among the crop of new market economy cinema in China, that tends to dwell not only on the journey across life, but through a damaged and baffling world as well. Nov 1, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis About to retire, a schoolteacher seeks out his son.
      Director
      Wang Chao
      Screenwriter
      Wang Chao
      Production Co
      arte France Cinéma
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      Chinese
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jun 16, 2016
      Runtime
      1h 28m
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