Miss Wonton (2001)
87 min
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?
- Release date
- March 8, 2002
- Country of origin
- Not yet available · likely United States (estimated from cast and crew)
Cast
- Amy Ting as Ah Na
- Ben Wang as Chung
- James C. Burns as Jack
- Chyna Wu as Ling
- Sakura Ting as Mrs. Sum
- Scott Chan as Kang
- Han Ying Shen as Mother
- Victoria Rong as Lily
- Claire Peng as Fang
- Liu Yang as May
Crew
- Meng Ong · Director
- Meng Ong · Writer
- Evan Evans · Composer
- Tsuyoshi Kimoto · Cinematographer
- Meng Ong · Editor
- Charlotte Bourke · Production designer