“An American Pickle” Should Have Stayed in the Jar
Wacky antics ensue when a 100-year-old Jewish man wakes up from a pickled hibernation in the modern world.

There is a peculiar hotel, where the old are accompanied with young girls who always sleep deeply and won’t wake up whatever people have done to them. An old man, Yuan, lost his wife and bore great bitterness. He tried to find some consolation from the young girls but unexpected danger was aroused then…
Wacky antics ensue when a 100-year-old Jewish man wakes up from a pickled hibernation in the modern world.
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