United States / Jan 01, 2001 / Sundance Film Festival
Miss Wonton (2002)
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Miss Wonton begins with the arrival of a young Chinese immigrant, Ah Na (Amy Ting), to her new place of work, the Buddha's Happiness in New York. At Buddha's Happiness, she meets other immigrant workers and hears their idiosyncratic dreams of the future. She decides she will do better for herself, and is determined to achieve the American Dream. One day while making a delivery, she stumbles upon an underground world of immigrant women in Grand Central station. This world is called the "Golden Palace". She finds a new friend in Lily - her alter ego. She also meets an American man named, Jack and falls for him. As Ah Na grapples onto the hope of a brighter future, the ghosts of her past soon catch up with her. Will Ah Na achieve her sense of place in the real world or will she be forever lost in the uncertainty of the past?
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Victoria Rong | Lily |
| Claire Peng | Fang |
| Cornel Chan | Uncle Wang |
| Shing Ka | Peng |
| Yang Liu | May |
Genres
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Miss Wonton |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | 广州话 / 廣州話, 普通话, English |
| Status | Released |
| Release date | 8 marzo 2002 |
| Production | Eve Applebaum, Hisami Kuroiwa |
| Writer | Meng Ong |
| Editing | Meng Ong |
| Cinematography | Tsuyoshi Kimoto |
| Assistant directors | Meng Ong |
| Production design | Charlotte Bourke, Cecile Thalmann |
| Art direction | Cecile Thalmann, Charlotte Bourke |
| Set decoration | Cecile Thalmann, Charlotte Bourke |
| Music | Evan Evans |
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| Sound | Evan Evans |
Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
United States / Mar 08, 2002
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