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People's Republic of Desire

People's Republic of Desire

# What Will You Find If You Pin All Your Hopes Online?
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📜 Overview: 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.
🌏 Languages Available: Mandarin
📆 Date Released: 2018-11-30
⌚ Running Time: 95 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.3

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