Chen Shengli, 40, is a dapper ex-con with a spine of steel, who used to hang out with some very bad people. But he’s determined to reform. He returns to the old theatre he owns, where he discovers that a kindergarten now ensconced there can’t pay the rent. The local cops suggest he should run it himself. Which he undertakes to do, with the assistance of Sun Xiaomei, a gorgeous, tough-as-nails nurse who moonlights as a dancer in a seedy local ballroom, which is where they first met. Kindergarten seems to soften Shengli (who still harbours a scarily violent streak), and something like a romance with Xiaomei kindles. But those shady former associates have long-held grudges and won’t let Shengli go…
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Zhang Meng Director · Jeremy Zhou Cinematographer
United States release November 8, 2014 · Produced in China · Original title 胜利
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China
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Original title
胜利
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
China · June 14, 2014
Theatrical · 上海国际电影节
United States · November 8, 2014
Theatrical
Germany
September 27, 2014 · Hamburg Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
November 1, 2014 · Hong Kong Asian Film Festival
Taiwan
November 8, 2014 · Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
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