Combination Platter (1993)

Directed by

Tony Chan

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 24m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Chinese man working illegally in a Flushing restaurant tries to arrange a fake marriage to get a green card. The story follows his daily life and the people around him as he navigates this risky plan.

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What happens

Combination Platter is a 1993 drama film directed by Tony Chan starring Jeffrey Lau, Colleen O'Brien, and Chit-Man Chan. It is Chan’s directorial debut from a screenplay he co-wrote with Edwin Baker. The film centers on Robert, a young Chinese undocumented immigrant living in Flushing, Queens, and his attempt to gain legal status as a U.S. citizen through a marriage of convenience. It premiered at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for a Grand Jury Prize for Chan and won a Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award for Chan and Baker. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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