Lost and Found (2008 film)

Lost and Found simplified Chinese traditional Chinese pinyin W jio Li Yejn is a 2008 Chinese black comedy film and the third feature film directed by Ma Liwen. The film was based on the novel, I am Liu Yuejin by Liu Zhenyun and tells the story of a downonhisluck migrant cook who loses his life savings while in Beijing. The film is also known by the original Chinese title I am Liu Yuejin. The novel was published a mere three months before the film was released.

Liu Yuejin Li Yixiang, is a migrant worker from Henan eking out and existence in Beijing as a cook at a construction site. One day, he is asked by his boss, Yan Liu Xinyi to help concoct a fake alibi for him regarding a potential scandal with an actress. Things take a turn for the worse however, when his reward along with the rest of his money is stolen. Also stolen is an IOU for 60,000 owed to a man who has taken Lius wife. When the thief ends up breaking into the home of Yan and his wife Chen Jin, he steals a disc full of compromising material. This brings down upon Liuy private investigators, mobsters, and others. Into this mess, Lius son and girlfriend Zhang Zhiwei and Wang Man come asking for money...

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