One Second

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One Second

2020

1h 44m

7.4(106 votes)

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Overview

A movie fan escapes from a labour camp during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and strikes up a relationship with a homeless female vagabond.

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10 members

Acting

刘浩存

Orphan Liu

Acting

Zhang Yi

Zhang Jiusheng

Acting

范偉

Fan Film

Acting

余皑磊

Secretary Cui

Acting

Shaobo Zhang

Brother Liu

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Acting

李晓川

Chef

Acting

Cao Rui

Fan Film's son

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Ziyue Tang

Hooligan

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Liu Yunlong

Security

Acting

李延

Yang He

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