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In 1949, four Chinese women--drawn together by the shadow of their past--begin meeting in San Francisco to play mah jong, invest in stocks and "say" stories. They call their gathering the Joy Luck Club--and forge a relationship that binds them for more than three decades.
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"Could a gorgeous old ballgown be used to commit murder? Deep in the heart of Texas, Chinese immigrant Daiyu Wu discovers a mysterious ballgown in her family's laundry business. It reeks of burned garlic and there is money pinned to it to pay for the cleaning. But no one knows who left it there. Harnessing her instincts, knowledge, and determination, Dai sets out to learn everything she can about this strange green dress. Who wore it? Who left it...
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Criterion collection volume 1188
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Wayne Wang's follow-up to his watershed indie Chan Is Missing is a family portrait that gracefully combines the director's signature gentle humanism and eye for poignant detail. Offering another fresh perspective on San Francisco's Chinese American community, Wang takes a bittersweet look at the generational pas de deux between an aging immigrant widow and her devoted daughter, torn between filial duty and her desires.
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Banshees of Inisherin: Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.
Elvis: Elvis Presley rises to fame in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
Everything everywhere all at once: Evelyn Wang, a flustered immigrant mother, is contacted from a parallel universe and told that only she can save the world. The...
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"In Untigering, Iris Chen shares her journey of leaving behind authoritarian tiger parenting to embrace a respectful, relational way of raising children. As a Chinese American mom, she draws from her experiences of living in both North America and Asia and offers insights and practices to heal from your childhood wounds; change your beliefs about yourself and your children; parent through connection instead of control; redefine your understanding...
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"T͡Si͡a rozpovidʹ pochynai͡etʹsi͡a z vypadkovoï svitlyny, zroblenoï na odniĭ z artystychnykh vechirok u miz͡hvoi͡ennomu Berlini, de vpershe peretnulysi͡a z͡hytti͡evi trai͡ektoriï trʹokh z͡hinok -- Marlen Ditrikh, Anny-Meĭ Vonh ta Leni Rifenshtalʹ. Persha z nykh -- nimkeni͡a, shcho pokynula ridnu kraïnu v chas nat͡systsʹkoho panuvanni͡a ĭ stala amerykansʹkym symvolom svobody. Druha -- amerykanka kytaĭsʹkoho pokhodz͡henni͡a,...
98) Muñecas chinas
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"Es 1938 en San Francisco: se prepara una feria mundial en Treasure Island, una guerra se está gestando en el extranjero, y la ciudad está llena de posibilidades. Grace, Helen, y Ruby, tres mujeres jóvenes de muy diferentes origenes, se conocen por casualidad en el exclusivo club nocturno Ciudad Prohibida. Grace Lee, una niña china nacida en Estados Unidos, ha huido del Medio Oeste con nada más que dolor de corazon, el talento, y un par de zapatos...
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