Take Out Page #2

Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Drama
Production: Cavu Pictures
  2 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
NR
Year:
2004
87 min
Website
241 Views


The more rain, the better.

- More deliveries, more money.

- Delivery.

What areyou doing there?.

You`re taking up space.

TWo Mexican squid With extra shrimp.

Did you knoW that-

Big Sister.

Eating too many carrots Will turn

the Whites ofyour eyes orange?.

Right, eat more.

Why areyou here all day?.

Don`tyou have deliveries to make?.

Ming is doing them.

Why is Ming doing all ofthem?.

He needs the exercise to lose Weight.

- I thinkyou`re the oneWho needs exercise.

- Fuckyou.

Look atyour stomach.

So, did Lin-Xing call you again?.

Yeah, last night.

Is he here?.

No, he`s still in China.

Has he gotten a green card yet?.

No, he`s still trying.

Getting the illegitimate marriage?.

He doesn`t have the money for that.

HoW much does that cost noW?.

$40,000.

$1 50,000?.

$40,000.

$40,000.

Isn`t that expensive?.

No, that`s cheap.

Doesn`t he have the money?.

He has 1 20,000

to 1 30,000 yuan.

But he spends a lot ofmoney

on those name-brand clothes.

Just a pair of underwear

costs him around 600 yuan.

Hey, don`t knock it.

Underwear is the most important

article of clothing on a person.

It says the most aboutyou.

Boxers, tightyWhities or thongs.

Wei, areyou Wearing your thong today?.

DoyourWork.

Just kidding.

Seriously,

I`ve been saving for tWo months.

TWo months.

- Big Wonton soup.

- TWo months?.

It Will takeyou forever.

No, not forever.

Maybe a couple more years.

HoW long did it take the boss

to get this place?.

Ten years.

Ten years?. Pretty good.

Perfect. I`ve been Working for fouryears.

Six more years and I`ll be a boss too.

I Won`t forget you guys

When I`m the big boss.

Wei, you`ll be my restaurant manager.

No, not manager. The chef.

We`ll see.

Ma, you`ll be my chef. ScreW Wei.

Sounds good to me.

- Delivery.

- Ask Ming.

Ming is out on a delivery.

Big Sister, you`re coming With me, right?.

Go, go, go.

Big Sister, you`re going to be

my restaurant manager, right?.

There are too many orders,

I have to help. But I Will take it sloW.

Why did you mess up my order?.

What areyou talking about?.

I have to make tWo trips

becauseyou messed up the order.

Psycho, I don`t knoW

Whatyou`re talking about.

The delivery I just made.

The guy didn`t Want chicken.

Ask Big Sister, I folloWed the order.

I can`t afford a mistake today.

What areyou talking about?.

I`ll redoyour order.

Areyou deaf?.

HoW did you mess up chicken and beef?.

I don`t thinkyou`re cut out for this.

Why don`tyou go back to China?.

- You have a hearing problem?.

- Watch your attitude.

- Watch out, I`ll smackyou.

- Psycho.

Ifyou don`t Want to Work,

go back to China. NeW guy.

- What doyou mean ""neW guy``?.

- Don`t fight.

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Sean Baker

Sean Baker is an American film director, cinematographer, producer, screenwriter, and editor. He is best known for the independent feature films Starlet, Tangerine, and The Florida Project. more…

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