The Missing Star

The Missing Star

2006 · 103 min · IT · 6.8 (29 votes)
Dir. Gianni Amelio · Starring Sergio Castellitto, Tai Ling, Angelo Costabile, Hiu Sun Ha, Shi Yang, Catherine Sng · Music Franco Piersanti
Drama

Vincenzo, former head of maintenance of a steel plant that's been outsourced, travels from Italy to China to warn about a defective blast furnace.

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A quiet, character-driven drama about a man on a solitary mission. It feels grounded and lived-in, exploring the human cost of industrial change with a sense of melancholic resignation.

melancholicwearydeterminedsomberslow-burngritty realismworking-class dramacharacter studyglobalizationlossdutyidentity
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