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In the near future, when all labor works are replaced by humanoids, a Chinese chef, Pu (60s) is ordered to pass on his cooking skill to a humanoid robot William and to teach him Chinese cooking. Designed to satisfy his owner, William tries to follow Pu’s every instruction, but his robotic demand for precision and perfection is essentially contradictory to Chinese cooking. At the same time, the protests against AI replacing the human labor are more and more intense. Qiang, Pu’s apprentice is also one of the protestors. Since Qiang disappoints Pu time and time again in cooking, Pu starts to get closer with William, which pushes him to the opposite of human beings. Pu becomes at a loss in this dilemma. 

  • Year
    2019
  • Runtime
    20 minutes
  • Language
    Chinese
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    Oklahoma
  • Director
    Hao Zheng
  • Screenwriter
    Ithaca Yixian Deng & Leqi Vanessa Kong
  • Producer
    Ithaca Yixian Deng
  • Cast
    Jim Lau, Quinn Von Hoene, Allen Theosky Rowe
  • Cinematographer
    Carlo Mendoza
  • Editor
    Guangwei Du