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- The movie's ''Eat a Bowl of Tea'' title is a literal English translation to a Cantonese Chinese phrase that means "take your medicine" or "swallow your medicine".
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Eat a Bowl of Tea begins by describing newlyweds Ben Loy and Mei Oi sleeping peacefully in their bed in New York City. They are abruptly awakened by a prostitute ringing the doorbell.
Eat a Bowl of Tea is a 1989 film directed by Wayne Wang based on the novel Eat a Bowl of Tea by Louis Chu. It is a Chinese American romantic film starring Cora Miao, Russell Wong, Victor Wong, Siu-Ming Lau and Eric Tsang.
Jan 10, 1990 · Eat a Bowl of Tea: Directed by Wayne Wang. With Victor Wong, Sau-Kei Lee, Yuen Fat Fai, Siu-Ming Lau. A study in culture bridging, including ... a new US-born husband, trying to work within the traditional ways, a new China-born wife, eager to join the "dream" of America, two family-minded fathers, lots of gender-related social bifurcations.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Wayne Wang
- 1990-01-10
Complete summary of Louis H. Chu's Eat a Bowl of Tea. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of Eat a Bowl of Tea.
But times are now a little different. Ben, an ex-American G.I., has just returned to New York City from his mother's home town in China with his Chinese bride, Mei Oi. The meeting of Ben and Mei Oi was arranged by Ben and Mei Oi's respective parents.
Just prior to the end of World War II, a law responsible for halting Chinese immigration to the United States is lifted. Ben Loy, a Chinese-American who has just returned from his tour of duty ...
- Romance, Comedy, Drama
This engaging comedy-drama examines a post-WWII American phenomenon where, after years of strict immigration laws and forced separation of spouses, Chinese immigrants were finally able to...
