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The Swap is the third chapter of the PolEc Trilogy, comprising Wandering Marxwards (1998) and The Three Failures (2006). It features the same character as in the previous episodes, but now reduced to a lost, exhausted soul roaming Shanghai's cityscape from the remotest periphery to the financial district. Another narrative, spoken this one, takes us to September 2008, as gigantic bailouts put the financial system on life support instead of letting it collapse, thus seizing our reality and replacing it with a fiction tailored for the situation. These two streams end up meeting on a Shanghai dancefloor, where unresolved contradictions can finally be performed.
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How long is The Swap?
The Swap has a runtime of 33m ( and 33 minutes).
Who directed The Swap?
The Swap was directed by Michael Blum and released in 2016.
What genre is The Swap?
The Swap is a Documentary film (2016).
Who stars in The Swap?
The cast of The Swap includes Michael Blum, Bake He, Cao Lu, Cherry Wang, Choi A Ran.
