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Eat a Bowl of Tea (1989)

Eat a Bowl of Tea poster
Directed by
Wayne Wang
Genre
drama, romance
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 42m
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Chinese American man returns to New York's Chinatown after World War Two. He marries a woman from China and they struggle with family expectations and their own desires.

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What happens

Eat a Bowl of Tea is a 1989 film directed by Wayne Wang based on the novel Eat a Bowl of Tea by Louis Chu. It is a Chinese American romantic film starring Cora Miao, Russell Wong, Victor Wong, Siu-Ming Lau and Eric Tsang. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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