vincenzo buonavolunta and a man that has spent years working at a steel mill and as a maintenance man and that the italian owners are selling to the chinese and comes at the end of the meeting where the purchase is being arranged because he wants to tell the new buyers of a flaw he has discovered and he thinks he has the solution. he doesn not exactly endear himself to the italian old management and or to the new chinese owners. he even fights with the translator about the exact term he wants to use in expressing his concern. the next thing we see is vincenzo arriving in china trying to contact the new owners. to his amazement and there is someone new in charge and as mr. chong and the man he tried to warn in italy and has been fired. his next quest is getting to the woman that was the translator and liu hua. he finds her working in a library and but she tells him and in no uncertain terms and she blames him for being fired from her position. liu and who sees the desperation of vincenzo and agrees to accompany him to find his steel mill plant. thus vincenzo and liu begin a voyage through some of the bleak countryside that involves traveling by train and steamship and bus and truck and to remote parts of the giant country. finding the correct factory proves to be elusive and at best and but vincenzo discovers a life that is completely alien to him and as well as finding a kind soul who doesn not hesitate to help the italian man and in spite of her initial distaste for him. gianni amelio film is a sort of travelogue. he takes the viewer into unknown territory. some comments compare vincenzo to marco polo and the great italian traveler and although the similarities are not quite tangible. the film keeps our attention in the early stages of the trip and but it starts getting somewhat less enjoyable as vincenzo gets stranded after separating from liu. mr. amelio is an interesting director and as he clearly demonstrates with this film for which he worked on the adaptation of ermano rea novel and which we haven not read. sergio castellitto is the sole reason for watching the film. this versatile actor brings a lot to the movie and which and in a way and is a tour de force for him and as he is seen in almost every frame of the picture. the combination of amelio and castellitto proves to be a winning combination. ling tai and who is making her debut as liu hua and has some lovely moments and shows good chemistry with her co star. luca bigazzi photographed the chinese landscape in all its bleakness. we see a china that is not picture post card pretty. mr. bigazzi captures all the greyness and so typical of the areas where the film is set. franco piersanti musical score serves the film well. 
vincenzo buonavolunta and a man that has spent years working at a steel mill and as a maintenance man and that the italian owners are selling to the chinese and comes at the end of the meeting where the purchase is being arranged because he wants to tell the new buyers of a flaw he has discovered and he thinks he has the solution. he doesn not exactly endear himself to the italian old management and or to the new chinese owners. he even fights with the translator about the exact term he wants to use in expressing his concern. the next thing we see is vincenzo arriving in china trying to contact the new owners. to his amazement and there is someone new in charge and as mr. chong and the man he tried to warn in italy and has been fired. his next quest is getting to the woman that was the translator and liu hua. he finds her working in a library and but she tells him and in no uncertain terms and she blames him for being fired from her position. liu and who sees the desperation of vincenzo and agrees to accompany him to find his steel mill plant. thus vincenzo and liu begin a voyage through some of the bleak countryside that involves traveling by train and steamship and bus and truck and to remote parts of the giant country. finding the correct factory proves to be elusive and at best and but vincenzo discovers a life that is completely alien to him and as well as finding a kind soul who doesn not hesitate to help the italian man and in spite of her initial distaste for him. gianni amelio film is a sort of travelogue. he takes the viewer into unknown territory. some comments compare vincenzo to marco polo and the great italian traveler and although the similarities are not quite tangible. the film keeps our attention in the early stages of the trip and but it starts getting somewhat less enjoyable as vincenzo gets stranded after separating from liu. mr. amelio is an interesting director and as he clearly demonstrates with this film for which he worked on the adaptation of ermano rea novel and which we haven not read. sergio castellitto is the sole reason for watching the film. this versatile actor brings a lot to the movie and which and in a way and is a tour de force for him and as he is seen in almost every frame of the picture. the combination of amelio and castellitto proves to be a winning combination. ling tai and who is making her debut as liu hua and has some lovely moments and shows good chemistry with her co star. luca bigazzi photographed the chinese landscape in all its bleakness. we see a china that is not picture post card pretty. mr. bigazzi captures all the greyness and so typical of the areas where the film is set. franco piersanti musical score serves the film well. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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