''La stella che non c'è'' (
English title: ''The Missing Star'') is an
Italian 2006
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drama film written and directed by
Gianni Amelio.
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
Italy, 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
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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
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Tai Ling
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*Tai (comics) a fictional Marvel Comics supervillain
*Tai Fraiser, a fictional character in the 1995 film ''Clueless''
*Tai Kamiya, a fictional character in ''Digimon''
Businesses and organisations ...
: Liu Hua
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Angelo Costabile
Angelo is an Italian masculine given name and surname meaning "angel", or "messenger".
People People with the given name
*Angelo Accattino (born 1966), Italian prelate of the Catholic Church
*Angelo Acciaioli (bishop) (1298–1357), Italian Ro ...
: young worker
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He Hiu Sun
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* He (pronoun), an English pronoun
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: Mr. Chong
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Catherine Sng
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: Chinese secretary
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Xu Chungqing
Xu or XU may refer to:
People and characters
* Xu (surname), one of two Chinese surnames ( or /), transliterated as Xu in English
* ǃXu, a name for the ǃKung group of Bushmen; may also refer to the ǃKung language or the ǃKung people
* ǃXu ( ...
: Director of the Office in Shanghai
External links
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La stella che non c’è@ mymovies.it ''(in Italian)''
@ Yahoo ''(in Italian)''
2006 films
2006 drama films
Italian drama films
2000s Italian-language films
Chinese-language films
Films directed by Gianni Amelio
2000s Italian films
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