Monga

Year: 2010

Country: Taiwan

Plot: Set in 1980s Taiwan, after the end of military dictatorship, Monga centers around the troubled lives of five boys coming of age together. The narrator of the story, Mosquito, is invited to be a part of the gang after a silly fight over a chicken leg. Mosquito has grown up without a father and has never had any real friends, so after Monk, Dragon and the others take him under their wing, he discovers an irresistible world of friendship and brotherhood. However, Mosquito soon discovers that in this violent world things aren't always what they seem. When a group of mainlanders attempt to take over Monga, the fragile balance over the district's turf is threatened, friendship is tested, and loyalty is questioned.Because of dissimilarity between his creativeness and managing method of controling from his boss, Chef Carl Casper suddenly resigns from his work at a famous restaurant in Los Angeles to find something new. On the way to Miami, Casper gathers with his ex-wife, an old friend and his son to set up a mobile food truck. Travelling on roads, Carl gradually finds his ego and lights up cooking passion as well as sweet tastes of love and life.

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