Ren zai Niu Yue (1990)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Stanley Kwan

Writers:

Tai An-Ping Chiu (writer)
Acheng Zhong (writer)

Release Date:

1 March 1990 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Drama

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Sylvia Chang	...	Wang Hsiung-Ping
Maggie Cheung	...	Lee Fung-Jiau
I-Chen Ko
Josephine Koo	...	Stella
John Reidy	...	Shoe Man
Gaowa Siqin	...	Zhaohong
Luke Valerio	...	David (as Luciano Valerio)

Also Known As:

Full Moon in New York (Hong Kong: English title)
Yan jei Nau Yeuk (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

Hong Kong | USA

Language:

Mandarin | Cantonese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16

Company:

Shiobu

Movie Connections:

Featured in Nian ni ru xi (1997)

Three Chinese women find friendship in America

Stanley Kwan's film, "Full Moon in New York," is a great film about Chinese immigration to America. It looks at three women, from Taiwan (Sylvia Chang), mainland China (Gaowa Siqin), and Hong Kong (Maggie Cheung), respectively, and how they overcome socio-cultural differences to forge a friendship based on mutual suffering and understanding in surviving life in "the Big Apple." While issues involving Chinese labor, Chinatowns, stereotypes of Asian American actors, and politics are touched on, they are not explored in depth. Still, Kwan provides an interesting character study of three women's struggle to make a name for themselves and find happiness and love in a society where racial prejudice and stereotypes, as well as cultural differences isolate them. Yet they find solace in each other's experiences and become friends despite old territorial grievances and lack of a common language.