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Afternoon Off

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Lee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. Told that a girl called Iris might be interested in him, on his afternoon off work he buys a box of chocolates and sets off to find her.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1979-02-03

Runtime: 63 mins

Director: Stephen Frears

Writer: Alan Bennett

Spoken language: English

Genres: Drama, Romance, TV Movie

Original title: Afternoon Off

Production Companies: LWT

Production Countries: United Kingdom

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