Despite physical proximity, Roberto and Jun live in isolation as the world ticks crazily on by.

The fact that neither can understand the other’s language helps with nothing except driving home one of the film’s main themes: that trying to understand life’s illogical idiosyncrasies is fruitless. Thus, to Roberto’s immense annoyance, the two must live together while the Chinese embassy attempts to resolve the issue. Roberto discovers Jun on the side of the road and reluctantly agrees to help he quickly ends up getting more than he bargains for.Īs it turns out, the address on Jun’s arm is outdated and his uncle nowhere to be found. Enter Roberto (Darín), a fussy hardware store owner who revels in solitude. Unfortunately, upon arriving in Buenos Aires he is robbed and left with nothing more than the clothes on his back and an address written on his arm.

With nothing left to live for in China, Jun journeys to Argentina to find his uncle.

The film opens with a freak accident: In Fujian Province, a cow falls from the sky just as Chinese craftsman Qian Jun (Huang) is about to propose to his fiancee, striking her dead and leaving him distraught. Starring renowned Argentine actor Ricardo Darín and the Taiwanese-Argentine Ignacio Huang, the movie tells a comfortably touching story of meaning lost in both translation and existence’s other vicissitudes. Across antipodes, life’s absurdities find a home in the 2011 Argentine comedy-drama Chinese Take-Away ( trailer).

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