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2 | ''Luxury Car'' (江城夏日) is the third film directed by Wang Chao. A Sino-French coproduction, it was released in 2006. |
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4 | Li Qiming, an aging country schoolteacher, returns for the first time in 40 years to the sprawling metropolis of Wuhan in central China. He's looking for his estranged son, whom his cancer-stricken wife wants to see again before dying. His daughter, Yanhong, also lives in Wuhan, but although she had led him to think she had found a good job in the city, in fact she works as a "hostess" in a karaoke bar, and her employer, a former convict turned businessman, has made her his mistress. |
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6 | With the help of a kindly policeman about to retire, Li Qiming follows one trail after another, all the while reconnecting with his long-neglected daughter. |
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9 | !!This film provides examples of: |
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11 | * CountryMouse: Li Qiming is very much a FishOutOfWater in the big city. He still addresses people as "Comrade", a habit that fell out of favor decades ago, and is shocked by the crass materialism of urban life. |
12 | * KaraokeBox: The place where Yanhong works provides these to customers, along with hostesses who can be rented out for the night. |
13 | * NeedAHandOrAHandjob: When Li Qiming shows up at the karaoke bar asking for Yanhong, the staff assume he's a customer, and another girl volunteers to go with him instead. |
14 | * PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:Li Qiming's son.]] |
15 | * ScreamingBirth |
16 | * TitleDrop: "It's a luxury car..." |
17 | * VomitDiscretionShot: The first time Yanhong has a bout of MorningSickness. The second time around, it's a |
18 | * VomitIndiscretionShot: |
19 | ** The second time Yanhong has a bout of morning sickness, she vomits on camera. |
20 | ** It also happens when her inebriated father regurgitates his dinner. |
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