Surveillance (1997 film)

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Surveillance
埋伏
Directed by
Written by Yi'an Sun
Starring
Production
company
Release date
  • 1997 (1997)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin

Surveillance (Chinese :埋伏; pinyin :Máifú) is a 1997 Chinese comedy film directed by Huang Jianxin. It was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival. [1]

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Synopsis

Two employees of a security sector of a shipping yard help the police to keep watch on a murder suspect.

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References

  1. "Berlinale: 1997 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 8 January 2012.