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Dislocation

Original title: Cuo wei
  • 1986
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
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Dislocation (1986)
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Engineer Zhao Shuxin has been promoted and clones a robot in his image to attend his meetings, resulting in comic situations.Engineer Zhao Shuxin has been promoted and clones a robot in his image to attend his meetings, resulting in comic situations.Engineer Zhao Shuxin has been promoted and clones a robot in his image to attend his meetings, resulting in comic situations.

  • Director
    • Jianxin Huang
  • Writers
    • Jianxin Huang
    • Min Zhang
  • Stars
    • Zifeng Liu
    • Hong Mou
    • Feihu Sun
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    292
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    • Director
      • Jianxin Huang
    • Writers
      • Jianxin Huang
      • Min Zhang
    • Stars
      • Zifeng Liu
      • Hong Mou
      • Feihu Sun
    • 2User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Zifeng Liu
    • Zhao Shuxin…
    Hong Mou
    • Secretary
    • (as Hong Mu)
    Feihu Sun
    • Director of Public Security
    Kun Yang
    Kun Yang
    • Yang Lijuan
    • Director
      • Jianxin Huang
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      • Jianxin Huang
      • Min Zhang
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    Realistic reflection of corrupted bureacracy via sarcasm

    When the Engineer from Hei Pao Shi Jian (1986) got promoted, he was stocked with endless meetings that were meaningless. To free himself from this problem, he made a robotic duplica of himself.

    What the Engineer did not realize was that these meetings were also the breeding ground of corruption. Soon his robotic duplica was drawn to the world of bribery and kickback, and when the engineer realized this, it was too late, and he had to destroy the robot in order to end all of these.

    The film shows the criticism of the corrupted and inefficient bureaucracy and even though it was made more than one and half decade ago, the problem depicted still applies to current situation of China.

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    • Release date
      • 1986 (China)
    • Country of origin
      • China
    • Language
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • The Stand-In
    • Production company
      • Xi'an Film Studio
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 29m(89 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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