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Stray Dogs(2014)
Status: Released
Date: 2014-02-21
63%
95 Votes
Time: 2h 18m
Overview:
An alcoholic man and his two young children barely survive in Taipei. They cross paths with a lonely grocery clerk who might help them make a better life.
Languages: Mandarin.
Countries:
Taiwan,
France
ProductionCompanies: 
JBA Production
ANGOA
The Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation
Taipei Film Commission
Movie: Stray Dogs
Top 7 Billed Cast
李康生
Father
陸弈靜
Woman
陳湘琪
Woman
楊貴媚
Woman
Lee Yi-Chieh
Yi-Chieh
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