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A City Called Macau (2018)

A City Called Macau poster
Original title
媽閣是座城
Directed by
Li Shaohong
Genre
drama film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
2h 07m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A woman working as a casino dealer in Macau navigates her relationships with gamblers and grapples with the personal toll of addiction. She finds her own life entangled with the losses of the people around her.

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What happens

A City Called Macau (Chinese: 妈阁是座城) is a 2019 drama film directed by Li Shaohong, and starring Bai Baihe, Huang Jue, Carina Lau and Wu Gang. A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, the film was released on December 12, 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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