Laureen Chew
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Aug 9, 1985 · Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart: Directed by Wayne Wang. With Laureen Chew, Kim Chew, Victor Wong, Ida F.O. Chung. In San Francisco, an immigrant widow welcomes the new year with some unhappiness: she's sixty-two now, she wants to make a trip to China to pay last respects to her ancestors, a fortune teller has told her this is the year she'll die, and a daughter, Geraldine, remains unmarried.
- (622)
- Comedy, Drama
- Wayne Wang
- 1985-08-09
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart. Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart is a 1985 American comedy film directed by Wayne Wang and starring Laureen Chew, Kim Chew, Victor Wong, Ida F. O. Chung, Cora Miao, Amy Hill, and Joan Chen .
Director Wayne Wang says his favorite image in "Dim Sum" is the sight of the shoes left outside the living-room door in the Tam household in San Francisco's Chinatown. They are Western shoes, taken off as the characters enter a home that is still run according to Chinese values by old Mrs. Tam, a sweet widow with a strong but quietly concealed will. After the success of "Chan Is Missing," his ...
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Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart PG Released Oct 30, 1985 1h 26m Comedy Drama List 90% Tomatometer 10 Reviews 50% Audience Score 100+ Ratings Geraldine Tam (Laureen Chew) is the only one of her ...
- (10)
- Wayne Wang
- PG
- Laureen Chew
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart. 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 ...
- Geraldine Tam
Synopsis. San Francisco's Richmond District. A widow welcomes the Chinese New Year. 62 years old, she wants to make a trip to China to pay last respects to her ancestors. A fortune teller has told her this is the year she'll die, and a daughter, Geraldine, remains unmarried. Geraldine's boyfriend lives in Los Angeles and she's not sure she's ...
- 87 min
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart was Wayne's second film, and became another art-house hit.Dim Sum focuses on the relationship between a 62 year old Chinese immigrant Mrs. Tam and her daughter Geraldine (real life mother and daughter Kim and Laureen Chew). Mrs.
