Shun Li and the Poet
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Cast & Crew
Andrea Segre
Giuseppe Battiston
Roberto Citran
Marco Paolini
Rade Serbedzija
Zhao Tao
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Synopsis
Chinese illegal immigrant Shun Li works in a textile factory in the suburbs of Rome in order to secure her papers and enable her eight-year-old son to come to Italy. She then moves to Chioggia, a small city-island in the Venetian lagoon, to work as a waitress in a pub. An old Slavic fisherman named Bepi, nicknamed "the Poet", has been a regular at the pub for years. He desperately grapples with the economic and social changes the region is going through. Soon, a friendship develops between Shun Li and Bepi which helps them both cope with their various struggles. However, their relationship ends up upsetting both the Chinese and local communities.
Director
Andrea Segre
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Released in United States 2012
Released in United States 2012 (World Cinema)
