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Streetwise

2021, Movie, 1h 36min

An at once gritty and intoxicatingly stylized portrait of a group of outcasts struggling to survive in a fading riverside town, STREETWISE unfolds in 2004 in Zhenwu, one of the many small villages in the Sichuan province where the young people who remain are those who could not leave. It’s there that Dongzi (Li Jiuxiao), an aimless young man burdened by his alcoholic father’s costly medical treatments, ends up working as a debt collector for the local mafia. Further complicating things, Dongzi is in love with the boss’s wife (Huang Miyi), a troubled tattoo-parlor owner who dreams of divorcing her husband and fleeing Zhenwu. Bathed in an alluring neon glow, this breathtaking nocturnal neonoir radiates a woozy, fatalistic romanticism.

Country: China

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Critic Simon Abrams

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It’s just over 90 minutes long, but “Streetwise” still feels like an epic poem, shrunken down and sparingly polished for maximum effect.

Read full review at Roger Ebert

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In the gritty urban jungle, a struggling young man is forced to confront his dark past and navigate a dangerous web of crime and deception. As he becomes embroiled in a world of violence and corruption, he must confront the harsh realities of his life and the consequences of his choices. With a cold and distant family and a complex web of relationships, he must fight to find his place in the world and survive the streets that threaten to consume him.

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