Take Out

"One illegal immigrant, one smuggling debt, one day to pay up."

2008 1h 28m ZH

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7.0

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★7.0TMDB · 50

Drama

Synopsis

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An illegal Chinese immigrant falls behind on payments on an enormous smuggling debt. Ming Ding has only until the end of the day to come up with the money.

“One illegal immigrant, one smuggling debt, one day to pay up.”

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Cast

Charles Jang
Ming Ding
Jeng-Hua Yu
Young
Wang-Thye Lee
Big Sister
Justin Wan
Wei
Jeff Huang
Ma
Shih-Yun Tsou
Collector #1
Joe Chien
Collector #2
Waley Liu
Ming's Roommate

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tsou Shih-ching
Writers: Tsou Shih-ching, Sean Baker
Languages: Spanish, English, Mandarin
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Spanish, English, Mandarin.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tsou Shih-ching, shot by Sean Baker. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Sean Baker shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Charles Jang and Jeng-Hua Yu and Wang-Thye Lee carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "One illegal immigrant, one smuggling debt, one day to pay up.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tsou Shih-ching directs. Sean Baker behind the camera. Sean Baker cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Spanish, English, Mandarin.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Shot for just $0.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Released 18 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Spanish, English, Mandarin.
5Directed by Tsou Shih-ching, shot by Sean Baker. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Sean Baker shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Charles Jang and Jeng-Hua Yu and Wang-Thye Lee carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "One illegal immigrant, one smuggling debt, one day to pay up.".
9IMDB entry: tt0391483 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 50 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.