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King of Peking

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A father and son travel to Chinese villages and screen Hollywood movies. When faced with losing custody of his son, the man starts making and selling bootleg DVDs.
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Kimber Myers Los Angeles Times "King of Peking" has many charms, but its passion for cinema is its most infectious. Jul 5, 2018 Full Review Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse The presentation of Beijing of the time is accurate and appealing, resulting in a movie that is also self-luminous in one of the best films about films we have seen recently. Rated: 7 Sep 3, 2023 Full Review Rania Richardson The Villager In KING OF PEKING, a crowd-pleaser, we travel back to China for one summer in the 1990s and meet a father and son who drive a mobile cinema, screening Hollywood blockbusters for the locals. Rated: 3/4 Dec 7, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member One of the best movies that I have ever seen. It's really heart warming and makes you laugh all the way through. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member In 1990s Beijing, a divorced father struggles to make a living and keep custody of his son as a travelling projectionist. When that work literally goes up in flames, the father and son team finds themselves resorting to DVD piracy for money. Making the best of their limited budget, the photography is neo-realist (think Bicycle Thieves or Ken Loach) and the score is mostly classical pieces they can get cheaply but which have been used in classic movies to invoke a sense of cinematic relevance. Even though the script feels a bit rough around the edges, there is real heart and humour here as this sweet and charming film takes a nostalgic look at a particular place and time that has now been lost forever as a result of China's constant and rapid modernization efforts while reworking elements from Cinema Paradiso, Be Kind Rewind and Kramer vs. Kramer. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A father and son travel to Chinese villages and screen Hollywood movies. When faced with losing custody of his son, the man starts making and selling bootleg DVDs.
Director
Sam Voutas
Producer
Melanie Ansley, Jane Zheng
Screenwriter
Sam Voutas
Production Co
Seesaw Entertainment, Peking Pictures, Seesaw Productions
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Chinese
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 2, 2018
Runtime
1h 28m
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