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The Missing Star (2006)

The Missing Star poster
Original title
La stella che non c'è
Directed by
Gianni Amelio
Genre
drama film
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 44m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 29 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An Italian engineer travels to China to repair old steel equipment. He meets people living through the country's rapid changes.

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What happens

La stella che non c'è (English: The Missing Star) is a 2006 Italian drama film written and directed by Gianni Amelio. The story talks about an Italian engineer who went to China to fix a defect of old Italian steel-making equipment. This movie shows real people's life (if not all, at least some) and the changing of society during the rapid development of the country. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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