Chongqing Hot Pot

Chongqing Hot Pot

2016 · 97 min · ZH · NR · 6.2 (49 votes)
Dir. Yang Qing · Starring Chen Kun, Bai Baihe, Qin Hao, Yu Entai, Wang Yanlin, Li Jiuxiao · Music Fei Peng
Drama

When three friends open a hot pot restaurant in a former bomb shelter, they discover it’s linked by a single wall to the bank vault next door. While deciding to take the easy money or go to the police, they find out one of the bank’s employees is a former classmate and look to enlist her in deciding their future.

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A tense, claustrophobic drama unfolds in a cramped space. The weight of a life-altering decision presses down as greed and loyalty clash. It feels gritty and real, like a moral tightrope walk with no easy answers.

tensemorally-conflictedclaustrophobicgrittysteadylow-fi realismcharacter-driven dramaurban gritgreedfriendshiptemptationmorality
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