Stars: Cora Miao

Director: Wayne Wang

Summary: A wonderful independent film from up-and-coming director Wayne Wang that chronicles the relationships between 3 generations of a Chinese-American family living in present-day San Francisco.

After the success of his low-budget CHAN IS MISSING, the story of a couple of Chinese cabdrivers and some missing money in Chinatown, Wayne Wang returned to the exploration of the melding of Chinese and American culture. In DIM SUM: A LITTLE BIT OF HEART, he moves away from the streets of San Francisco's Chinatown and concentrates on a simple story about the interactions of a Chinese family. Laureen Chew portrays Geraldine, a 30-year-old woman who still lives with her widowed mother. Geraldine has a boyfriend, Richard (John Nishio), who wants to marry her, but she doesn't want to leave her mother (Kim Chew) alone. She is, as her uncle Tam (Victor Wong) says, 'a good Chinese daughter'. Tam, a lifelong friend of Geraldine's father and not really her uncle, wants to marry her mother, but she also is 'too Chinese', and doesn't want to remarry. As the most Americanised of the characters from his generation, Uncle Tam tries to find some common ground so the mother and daughter can each find happiness in life. Wong, in a wonderfully written and acted part, projects a warmth and earthy wisdom about both Chinese and American culture in this funny, perceptive look at family life.

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Region:	Region 2
Subtitles:	English
Year:	1985
Release Date:	September 7, 2009
Runtime:	80 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	D A P 7770
Keywords:	Comedy, Dim, Sum, Drama
Genre:	Drama