Miss Wonton

Miss Wonton — Plot

Miss Wonton begins with the arrival of a young Chinese immigrant, Ah Na (Amy Ting), to her new place of work, the Buddha's Happiness in New York. At Buddha's Happiness, she meets other immigrant workers and hears their idiosyncratic dreams of the future. She decides she will do better for herself, and is determined to achieve the American Dream. One day while making a delivery, she stumbles upon an underground world of immigrant women in Grand Central station. This world is called the "Golden Palace". She finds a new friend in Lily - her alter ego. She also meets an American man named, Jack and falls for him. As Ah Na grapples onto the hope of a brighter future, the ghosts of her past soon catch up with her. Will Ah Na achieve her sense of place in the real world or will she be forever lost in the uncertainty of the past?

• Release date
• March 8, 2002
• Runtime
• 87 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Meng Ong

Miss Wonton — Cast

A

Amy Ting Ah Na Ben Wang Chung James C. Burns Jack

C

Chyna Ng Ling

S

Sakura Ting Mrs. Sum Scott Chan Kang

H

Han Ying Shen Mother Victoria Rong Lily