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A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
CHINA · 2009

A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop

Zhang Yimou
infidelity murder plot betrayal greed desert noir
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Synopsis

Wang is a gloomy, cunning and avaricious noodle shop owner in a desert town in China. His neglected, sharp-tongued wife is involved in a secret affair with Li, one of Wang’s employees. A timid man, Li reluctantly keeps the gun his lover has bought to kill her husband. But Wang is watching their every move. He bribes patrol officer Zhang to murder the illicit couple. It seems like a perfect plan: t

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