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Program 54
ArcLight Hollywood • 5:00 p.m.
 
Director In Focus: WAYNE WANG
JOY LUCK CLUB, THE
(USA, 1993) Dir.: Wayne Wang; Scr.: Amy Tan, Ronald Bass
The Joy Luck Club is a collection of four aging Chinese women bound together more by hope than joy or luck. The four women—Suyuan (Kieu Chinh), Lindo (Tsai Chin), Ying Ying (France Nuyen), and An Mei (Lisa Lu)—came to America many years ago to escape China’s feudal society for the promise of the United States’ democracy. Now, however, Suyuan has died and the three surviving members of the club invite her daughter June (Ming-Na Wen) to take her place. June belongs to the “new” generation, those of Chinese heritage who grew up speaking English and learning American customs. Also of roughly the same age are Waverly (Tamlyn Tomita), Lindo’s daughter; Lena (Lauren Tom), Ying Ying’s daughter; and Rose (Rosalind Chao), An Mei’s daughter. THE JOY LUCK CLUB tells of the varied difficulties and tragedies involved in these mother/daughter relationships.
35mm, 139 min., color, Narrative

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