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FilmSiao Yu
少女小渔 少女小漁
Sylvia CHANG
106 min
1995
Fiction
Mandarin, English
English and Chinese Subtitles
Content Advisory: This film contains scenes of sexual content
The 40th Asia Pacific Film Festival—Best Film, Best Actress (René LIU Ruo-ying), Best Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Sound
Siao Yu (René Liu) follows her boyfriend Giang Wei (TUO Tsung-hua) to New York, where she works in a Chinatown garment factory, frequently evading immigration raids. To obtain a green card, Giang Wei arranges a sham marriage between her and Mario (Daniel J. TRAVANTI), an elderly Italian American man. Siao Yu is forced to move into Mario’s apartment to satisfy immigration authorities, but the unexpected return of Mario’s ex-wife, Rita (Marj DUSAY), threatens to expose their arrangement. Giang Wei grows resentful of the tenderness Siao Yu shows Mario and lashes out at her, while Siao Yu struggles to voice her feelings about Giang Wei’s nights away from home. When her green card is finally approved, will Siao Yu find the courage to make a choice of her own?