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Directors: Hao Wu

People's Republic of Desire 2018

95 minutes

'What Will You Find If You Pin All Your Hopes Online?'

In China’s popular live-streaming showrooms, three millennials – a karaoke singer, a migrant worker and a rags-to-riches comedian – seek fame, fortune and human connection, ultimately finding the same promises and perils online as in their real lives.

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