Film

Now Chinatown

2000 · 1h 52m · Drama · Romance

IMDb

6.6

Lee's family sent her from China to Los Angeles three years ago to be a waitress in a Chinatown restaurant and send money home to support her ailing grandmother. She lives with her bitter aunt, and endures terrible treatment at work, but feels trapped. Steve, a well-traveled engineer, enters her shabby restaurant by accident one day and is smitten by her. He works to bring her out of her misery and isolation in the short time before he has to leave for a job in China.

Dana Byrne

Mahjong Player

Chao Li Chi

Mr. Quong

Jo Chim

Wei

Charles Rahi Chun

Chef

Steve Dunning

Steve

Lianne X. Hu

Lee

Jack Huang

Melvyn

Ming Lo

Assistant Deputy Consul

Peggy Lu

Aunt Jiang

• Steve DunningDirector · Writer

Release date

February 5, 2000

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 52m

Genres

Drama, Romance