Lost in the foreign city of Budapest, a solitary Chinese man finds his place in the world not through words, but through a single, unexpected moment of human connection.
Social & External
The people behind it
Jiahao Zhao
Lin
Nóra Blanka Berényi
Roxi
Wang Qiang
Csaba
Júlia Goitein
Zsófika
Li Jie
Lin's Mother
Lenke Szalma
Customer
Szabolcs Kelemen
Manager
Előd Marosvölgyi
Security Guard
Durugy Tamás
Drunk Guy
Árki Lili Katalin
Dancer #1
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