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Capa de Chengdu, jin ye qing jiang wo yi wang

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Chengdu, jin ye qing jiang wo yi wang

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A humorous, bitter take on love and life in modern China - the story of three young men, Chen Zhong, Li Liang and Big Head Wang and their tragi-comic struggles to make their way in Chengdu, China's fifth most populous …

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A humorous, bitter take on love and life in modern China - the story of three young men, Chen Zhong, Li Liang and Big Head Wang and their tragi-comic struggles to make their way in Chengdu, China's fifth most populous city. Despite their aspirations in the newly capitalist China, the trio's lives are beset by dead-end jobs, gambling debts, drinking, drugs, and whoring. Complicated relationships with women, whether pregnant mistresses, angry wives or passive lovers compound their misery.

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"A humorous, bitter take on love and life in modern China - the story of three young men, Chen Zhong, Li Liang and Big Head Wang and their tragi-comic struggles …"

— Margaret

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