''La stella che non c'è'' ( English title: ''The Missing Star'') is an

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written and directed by

Gianni Amelio Gianni Amelio (born 20 January 1945) is an Italian film director. Early life Amelio was born in San Pietro di Magisano, province of Catanzaro, Calabria. His father moved to Argentina soon after his birth. He spent his youth and adolescence with ...

. The story talks about an Italian engineer who went to China to fix a defect of old Italian steel-making equipment. This movie shows real people's life (if not all, at least some) and the changing of society during the rapid development of the country.

Plot summary

Vincenzo is an Italian engineer in a steel mill in bankruptcy, which is being acquired by a group of Chinese men. Vincenzo, not well understanding the real consequences of his work, is sent to

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

because there must advertise and repair a particular machine factory. Vincenzo gets help from a young translator of Chinese, and the two falls in love; but he, when he returns to

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, finds out that the factory is purchased, and that all Italian workers are laid off. So Vincenzo goes to China in an almost personal challenge to fix a potentially dangerous fault to the same machine now in China in spite of local people's indifference.

Cast

Sergio Castellitto Sergio Castellitto (born 18 August 1953) is an Italian actor, film director, and screenwriter. Biography Sergio Castellitto was born in Rome in 1953, to parents from Molise and Abruzzo, Southern Italy. After graduating from the Silvio D'Amico Na ...

: Vincenzo Buonavolontà * Tai Ling: Liu Hua * Angelo Costabile: young worker * He Hiu Sun: Mr. Chong * Catherine Sng: Chinese secretary * Xu Chungqing: Director of the Office in Shanghai

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