Full Moon in New York (, Ren zai Niu Yue) is a 1989 drama film directed by Stanley Kwan and produced by Henry Fong. It stars Sylvia Chang, Maggie Cheung, and Siqin Gaowa as three women from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and mainland China striving to build new lives in New York City while navigating cultural clashes, personal struggles, and unexpected friendships.
Plot In the late autumn of 1988, Zhao Hong moves from mainland China to the United States and marries Thomas, a Chinese American. New to a foreign land, she struggles with English and is unfamiliar with the American way of life, but she yearns to build a new future. She hopes to bring her mother to live with her in the United States, but fails to gain Thomas' understanding. Wang Hsiung-ping, who moved from Taiwan to the United States over a decade ago, is passionate about theater. Despite facing discrimination, she is determined to break into the American stage scene.
Lee Fung-jiau, an immigrant from Hong Kong, runs a restaurant with her father in New York. She is well-versed in stocks and real estate, yet still feels lonely in America. The three women meet at a wedding and quickly become close friends. On one hand, they believe in standing united against outsiders, but when together, they often clash with each other. One evening, they gather on a rooftop drinking to release their inner pain, forming a bond that is deeply interdependent yet riddled with contradictions.
Cast Sylvia Chang as Wang Hsiung-ping Maggie Cheung as Lee Fung-jiau Siqin Gaowa as Zhao Hong I-Chen Ko as the actor Josephine Koo as Stella John Reidy as the shoe man Luke Valerio as David Linda Wang as the high school student Vincent J. Mazella as the bartender Charlie Sara as John
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External links
Full Moon in New York at timeout.com Full Moon in New York at hkmdb.com