Miss Wonton
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?
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Cast
26 people
Meng Ong Director · Evan Evans Composer Charlotte Bourke Production designer
United States release March 8, 2002 · Languages Cantonese, Chinese, English
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Cantonese · Chinese · English
Release dates
United States · January 1, 2001
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · March 8, 2002
Theatrical
Czechia
July 9, 2001 · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
France
February 1, 2002 · Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
Greece
November 11, 2001 · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Singapore
February 28, 2020 · Asian Film Archive
Switzerland
August 11, 2001 · Locarno Film Festival
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