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 FILM CHINOIS by Damon Chua

Directed by Kaipo Schwab

February 21, 2014 at 7pm

In the Bruce Mitchell Room (520 8th Ave, 3rd Fl, NYC)

To RSVP- email [email protected] or call 212-868-4030  Suggested donation of $10 collected for reception following the reading

The place: Peking, China. The year: 1947, an uneasy time between WWII and the Communist takeover two years later. Randolph, a fresh-faced American operative, has been sent to the Raymond Chandler-esque Imperial City with an important mission. He makes progress, but soon chances into a staunch Maoist named Chinadoll, his would-be adversary and lover. A cat-and-mouse game ensues, complicated by the actions of the Belgian Ambassador and his current squeeze, the willful Simone, who appears only interested in getting transit papers to leave the country. As Randolph plunges deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness of what was once the most beautiful city in the world, he soon finds his life imperiled, even as he begins to unravel the mystery of a piece of old homemade film, and the whereabouts of a beautiful woman who seems to have vanished into thin air.