Emptiness
Genres
Overview
LEI and WONG clandestinely arrive to Ecuador, on their way to the port city of Guayaquil. From here LEI plans to continue her journey to New York, but CHANG, a bipolar mobster will decide her fate. WONG unwillingly gets entangled in the web of corruption that operates the encroachment of Chinese immigrants. His only objective is to bring his twelve-year-old son from China.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
94 min
Release Date
2020-01-24
Status
Released
Original Language
Spanish
Vote Count
8
Vote Average
6.8
Fu Jing
Lei
Mend Day Min
Chang
Liden Zhu
Wong
Ricardo Velasteguí
Víctor
Meizhen Deng
Ping
Yin Baode
Mr. Lu
7.1
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7.3
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4.3
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7.0
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7.4
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7.0
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7.3
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7.0
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5.0
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7.8
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6.5
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7.2
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6.1
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6.6
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5.3
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6.8
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0.0
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6.8
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6.8
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0.0
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