The High Life

2011
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The High Life
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Lantern Films China Company | Release Date: June 20, 2011 | Not Rated
Summary: Jian Ming, a small-time criminal, lives in a crowded urban village slum in Guangzhou. With no goals or aspirations, he scrapes out an existence by running a phony employment agency, scamming money out of desperate new arrivals from the countryside. He derives petty fulfillment through the creation on his apartment wall of a collageJian Ming, a small-time criminal, lives in a crowded urban village slum in Guangzhou. With no goals or aspirations, he scrapes out an existence by running a phony employment agency, scamming money out of desperate new arrivals from the countryside. He derives petty fulfillment through the creation on his apartment wall of a collage comprising the photos of his scam victims. His only other escape from his rock-bottom life in the urban village is his daily Chinese opera routine, which he performs on the rooftop of his apartment building. Jian Ming also secretly passes time with Ah Fang, a young mistress kept by a wealthier patron in an apartment in the urban village. (Lantern Films)… Expand
Director: Zhao Dayong
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 93 min
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