MAY 14 · SF INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FEST
The Joy Luck Club (1993)
A film by Wayne Wang
w/ Tamlyn Tomita, Rosalind Chao, Kieu Chinh

Rated R
2hr 19min


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 SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FESTIVAL

In San Francisco, a group of aging Chinese women (Kiều Chinh, Tsai Chin, France Nuyen, Lisa Lu) meet regularly to trade familial stories while playing Mahjong. In a series of sixteen vignettes that spans generations and continents, this adaptation of Amy Tan's bestselling novel explores cultural conflict and the often-turbulent relationships between four first-generation Chinese-American women (Ming-Na Wen, Tamlyn Tomita, Lauren Tom, Rosalind Chao) and their mothers.

No one will want to miss this celebration of the mother- daughter bond, that most vexed and fascinating of relationships -- and one of the most neglected themes in American film.
Molly Haskell
Ladies' Home Journal

Both generations are fearful of revealing their true identities, yet hopeful of discovery. This is the greatest truth of The Joy Luck Club, both the film and the novel.
Mary F. Chen
Seattle Times

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Wed May 14
6:30p



MAY 14 · SF INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FEST
The Joy Luck Club (1993) A film by Wayne Wang
w/ Tamlyn Tomita, Rosalind Chao, Kieu Chinh

Rated R
2hr 19min


PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
 SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FESTIVAL

In San Francisco, a group of aging Chinese women (Kiều Chinh, Tsai Chin, France Nuyen, Lisa Lu) meet regularly to trade familial stories while playing Mahjong. In a series of sixteen vignettes that spans generations and continents, this adaptation of Amy Tan's bestselling novel explores cultural conflict and the often-turbulent relationships between four first-generation Chinese-American women (Ming-Na Wen, Tamlyn Tomita, Lauren Tom, Rosalind Chao) and their mothers.

No one will want to miss this celebration of the mother- daughter bond, that most vexed and fascinating of relationships -- and one of the most neglected themes in American film.
Molly Haskell
Ladies' Home Journal

Both generations are fearful of revealing their true identities, yet hopeful of discovery. This is the greatest truth of The Joy Luck Club, both the film and the novel.
Mary F. Chen
Seattle Times
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