A Chinese Tale

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A Chinese Tale

2011

1h 33m

Comedy

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Roberto helps a Chinese man and learns they are connected through his uncle.

Tom Long

Detroit News

It's fun-enough to watch, but it's nothing more than that, even though it seems to want to be.

Rated: C+

Sep 20, 2012

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

This is a superb human comedy.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 30, 2012

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Philippa Hawker

The Age (Australia)

A film about repression and constraint that keeps its emotional range carefully under control.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 30, 2012

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Nick Dent

Time Out Sydney

This sweet little tragicomedy about life's absurdities plays out as a buddy movie in which two damaged men from opposite sides of the world find unexpected common ground.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 27, 2017

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Glenn Dunks

Trespass

Little more than yet another foreign title that could be described as 'nice' or 'pleasant' that has been shipped over to indulge local audiences who don't want to have to think much when getting their annual foreign language fix.

Sep 8, 2013

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Jim Schembri

3AW

A wall-to-wall delight...the type of distinctive cultural comedy that will hopefully defy Americanisation.

Rated: 3.5/5

Sep 7, 2012

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Lucio Leonardo P

Entertainment inspired by a very curious and unusual situation between Russia and Japan. Sebastián Borensztein (director and screenwriter) uses this news to tell his story very well, which is not innovative, but which “warms the heart”, showing that life can be a Chinese tale.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/09/25

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ANUBHAV T

Movie is funny and well scripted. Short & Crisp. Audience is going to be glued to the movie. Actors performed very good.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/18/24

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Daniel G

Warm hearted story about solidarity, cultural shock, romance that couldn't have been made in a better manner. Perfect "little" movie! How can Darín make so many movies?

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/08/24

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Ilson SimÃ£o S

Muito bom, sensível, engraçado com atuação perfeita do Darin.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/24

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dustin d

Chinese Takeout reminded me of another Argentine film I've seen recently (and the only other Argentine film I've seen), Paula Hernandez's Herencia. Both are about a foreigner speaking zero to some Spanish arriving in Buenos Aires searching for someone (an uncle and a lover, respectively). Both cross paths with older, lonely and disagreeable small-business owners and end up living with them and helping with the business and forming an unlikely friendship. Both are sweet and sincere films only a cynic would dislike.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Apart from some exaggeration, this is a very sweet and moving film with enough originality.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Synopsis

Roberto helps a Chinese man and learns they are connected through his uncle.

Director: Sebastián Borensztein
Producer: Pablo Bossi, Juan Pablo Buscarini, Gerardo Herrero, Axel Kuschevatzky, Ben Odell
Screenwriter: Sebastián Borensztein
Production Co: Tornasol Films S.A.
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 25, 2019
Runtime: 1h 33m