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Ayi

Oct 12, 2020
1h 9m
★ 6.0

Overview

Ayi comes from a rural area of Eastern China and doesn’t have the residential permit that would allow her to work in Shanghai. Yet, she has been cooking in the streets for twenty years, in an old neighbourhood soon to be demolished. The film unveils the chaos of an ultra-modern city aiming to wipe out so-called substandard practices and to deport an unwanted population.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Ana Films
Alsace 20
Viàvosges

Cast

No Cast found.

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