Miss Wonton 云吞小姐

Ah Na is an illegal immigrant in New York City who finds employment in a Chinese restaurant. Fleeing from the persecution of her native village in China, Ah Na discovers that more oppression awaits her in America. In a naive quest for the American Dream, Ah Na begins visiting Grand Central Station’s ‘Golden Palace‘, where Caucasian men go to pick up immigrant women. It is there that she meets Jack, a slick suburbanite who proves to fall devastatingly short of delivering Ah Na a comfortable new life. Ah Na’s realisation of her outsider status allows her to come into her own and acquire a renewed sense of independence.

Director: Meng Ong
Genre: Drama
Rating: PG
Availability: library@esplanade
Accession No: 2008-D-1156
Subtitles: English
Release Year: 2001
Producer: -
Language: Cantonese, English, Mandarin
Production Country: United States

Cast List:

Crew:

Executive Producer - Dave Johnson
Director of Photography - Tsuyoshi Kimoto
Production Design - Charlotte Burke
Assistant Director - Yann Sobezynski
Original Music Score - Evan Evans
Co-Producer - Hisami Kuroiwa
Editor/Scriptwriter - Meng Ong
Line Producer - Eve Applebaum
Production Coordinator - John Paul Tansi
2nd Assistant Director - Joanna Shattuck
Script Supervisor - Elisa Lam
Costume Designer - Bryan Wang
Wardrobe Supervisor - Julie Fischoff
Hair/Make Up - Chyna Ng
Location Manager - Chris Marsh, Mark Wyglendowski
1st Assistant Camera - Michael Best, Harry Greenburger
2nd Assistant Camera - Adam Forrest
2nd 2nd Assistant Camera - Jack Vinson
Gaffer - Jason Velez
Grip - Heath Allen, Joseph Lamura
Swing Grip - P. Jeff Latonero, Perry Unjang, Parish McLean
2nd Unit DP - Steven Padulla, Mitch Gross
Sound Mixer - Jonathan Parham
Boom Operator - Nadim Malik, James Baker
Art Director - Cecile Thalman
Prop Master - Andy Pan, Luca Novelli
Art Production Assistant - Anna Beckman, Alexandra Lavin
Key Production Assistant - Bryan Lett
Production Assistant - Zivy Johnson, Alesay Araneta, Renee Liu, Chris Schoedel
Script Translator - Denny Liu, Ben Wang
Set Photographer - Christine Desavino
Rehearsal Space - Tai Resources
Post Supervisor - John Slater
Assistant Editor - Sim Sadler
Sound Editor - Allan Gus
Sound Mix - Matlin Recording
Negative Cutter - N & D Film & Video Ltd
Subtitles - LVT
Color - Technicolor
Color Timer - Don Ciana
Technicolor Coordinator - Joe Violante

Keywords:

Cities - New York City
Landmarks - Grand Central Station, Statue of Liberty
Places - Chinese restaurant, suburbs
Subject Matter - migration, race, American dream, illegal immigrants, Chinese diaspora, inter-racial relationships
Activities - cooking, eating, dating
Relationships - mother/daughter, employer/employee, lovers
Themes - self-realisation