If I Were for Real (1981)
Gênero : Drama
Runtime : 1H 39M
Director : Wang Tung
Escritor : Chang Yung-hsiang
Sinopse
Taiwanese film about the dark days of the Cultural Revolution and the young people who were destroyed by it, centered on a group of students who perform Nikolai Gogol’s play The Inspector General.
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