Miss Wonton

by Meng Ong

Singapore, United States

Director: Meng Ong

Script: Meng Ong

Cinematographer: Tsuyoshi Kimoto

Sound: Jonathan Parham

Music: Evan Evans

Art Director: Charlotte Bourke

Cast: Amy Ting, Ben Wang, Chyna Ng, James C. Burns

Production: Dreamchamber, Films Production

Contact:
Dave Johnson
150 Columbus Ave#16D
USA-New York, NY 10023
Tel: 1.212.336.9522
Fax: 1.212.724.7416
Mail: [email protected]

Year: 2001

35 mm, Colour, 88 min
OV English, Cantonese, Mandarin with French Subtitles

Unreleased

Newly arrived from China, Ah Na makes her way to Buddha's Happiness, a Chinese restaurant in New York where a friend from the same region she comes from now works. From her conversations with another employees, she learns about the hard lot of immigrants who have worked in the restaurant kitchen. But Ah Na in not one to be discouraged; she's determined to get her share of the American Dream and start a new life. Amidst rumours that she had AIDS, had fled her village, unable to cope with the harassment, attacks and death threats. Strolling around Grand central Station one day, she discovers a place where immigrants women meet to exchange news of home and meet American men. Then she meets Jack, the image of the ideal American, who naturally has a good job, a big car and a house in the suburbs. The picture seems perfect and the dream within reach. But Ah Na's mother arrives…