The Wasted Times
Watch TrailerShanghai, 1937. The city breathes in two languages: the elegant Shanghainese of its drawing rooms and the brutal silence of its back alleys. A powerful gangster’s world of luxury and control begins to fracture, revealing a web of betrayal, passion, and shifting loyalties. This 2016 drama-crime mosaic peels back the glamorous veneer of an era, exposing the violent machinery of power and the fragile, fading pulse of romance in a city on the brink of war.
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📋 Film Details
| Original Title | 罗曼蒂克消亡史 |
| Year | 2016 |
| Country | China |
| Genre | Drama, Mystery, Crime |
| Director | Cheng Er |
| Runtime | 123 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 6.9/10 (56 votes) |
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🎬 MovieFinder's Take
Cheng Er constructs a deliberate, almost architectural film where every frame feels calculated and distant. The violence occurs with cold precision, and the glamour feels like a carefully preserved artifact rather than a lived-in world.
This is for viewers who appreciate a puzzle box of style and implication over emotional catharsis. You'll feel the weight of history as a slow, inevitable collapse, observed from behind glass. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Cheng Er
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A quiet, late-night viewing alone, with the city lights dimmed outside.
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