Now Chinatown (2000)
112 min
Lee's family sent her from China to Los Angeles three years ago to be a waitress in a Chinatown restaurant and send money home to support her ailing grandmother. She lives with her bitter aunt, and endures terrible treatment at work, but feels trapped. Steve, a well-traveled engineer, enters her shabby restaurant by accident one day and is smitten by her. He works to bring her out of her misery and isolation in the short time before he has to leave for a job in China.
- Release date
- February 5, 2000
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Lianne X. Hu as Lee
- Steve Dunning as Steve
- Denise Ames as Unknown Woman
- Dana Byrne as Mahjong Player
- Chao Li Chi as Mr. Quong
- Jo Chim as Wei
- Charles Rahi Chun as Chef
- Jack Huang as Melvyn
- Ming Lo as Assistant Deputy Consul
- June Kyoto Lu as Empress
Crew
- Steve Dunning · Director
- Steve Dunning · Writer
- Steve Dunning · Producer
- Emanuele Arnone · Composer
- Dino Herrmann · Composer
- Jeff Orsa · Cinematographer
- Joe Woo Jr. · Editor
- Steve Dunning · Casting director