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Chinese in Paris (1974)

Chinese in Paris poster
Original title
Les Chinois à Paris
Directed by
Jean Yanne
Genre
comedy film
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 49m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 33 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A comedy about what happens when the Chinese army invades and occupies Paris. The film imagines daily life in the city under communist rule.

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What happens

Chinese in Paris (French: Les Chinois à Paris, pronounced [le ʃinwa a paʁi]; Italian: I cinesi a Parigi) is a 1974 French-Italian comedy film directed by Jean Yanne. The movie features an hypothetical Chinese invasion of western Europe and the life in Paris under communist Chinese rule. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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