Miss Wonton


1h 27m 2001

Brief Synopsis

An Na is a recent immigrant from China, who finds work in a Chinese restaurant in New York. Soon she is dissatisfied with her confined lifestyle, and seeks out a group of young Chinese women who meet white men at Grand Central Station. She sleeps with a white suburbanite, and then borrows his home w

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Release Date
2001
Production Company
Abelcine; Lvt; New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting; People of Jersey City; Technicolor
Distribution Company
Dream Cham

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 27m

Synopsis

An Na is a recent immigrant from China, who finds work in a Chinese restaurant in New York. Soon she is dissatisfied with her confined lifestyle, and seeks out a group of young Chinese women who meet white men at Grand Central Station. She sleeps with a white suburbanite, and then borrows his home while he is on vacation. But when he returns, with his wife, An Na must make some tough decisions about her new life in the USA.

Crew

Heath Allen

Grip

Eve Applebaum

Line Producer

Alesay Araneta

Production Assistant

Deborah Babarian

Special Thanks

James Baker

Boom Operator

Anna Beckman

Art Production Assistant

Michael Best

1st Assistant Camera

Charlotte Burke

Production Designer

Christine Desavino

Set Photographer

Evan Evans

Music

Julie Fischoff

Wardrobe Supervisor

Adam Forrest

2nd Assistant Camera

Mitchell Gross

2nd Unit Grip (2nd Unit)

Allan Gut

Sound Editor

Dave Alan Johnson

Executive Producer

Dave Alan Johnson

Producer

Zivy Johnson

Production Assistant

Tsuyoshi Kimoto

Director Of Photography

Hisami Kuroiwa

Co-Producer

Elisa Lam

Script Supervisor

Joseph Lamura

Grip

P Jeff Latonero

Swing Grip

Alexandra Lavin

Art Production Assistant

Brett Lett

Key Production Assistant

Denny Liu

Script Translator

Renee Liu

Production Assistant

Nadim Malik

Boom Operator

Chris Marsh

Location Manager

Parish Mclean

Swing Grip

Cyna Ng

Makeup

Cyna Ng

Hair

Luca Novelli

Assistant Props Master

Steven Padulla

2nd Unit Grip (2nd Unit)

Andy Pan

Props Master

Jonathan Parham

Sound Mixer

Sim Sadler

Assistant Editor

Chris Schoedel

Production Assistant

Joanna Shattuck

2nd Assistant Director

Robert J. Siegel

Special Thanks

John Slater

Post-Production Supervisor

Yann Sobezynski

1st Assistant Director

John Paul Tansi

Production Coordinator

Cecile Thalmann

Art Director

Perry Uniang

Swing Grip

Jason Velez

Gaffer

Jack Vinson

2nd 2nd Assistant Camera

Benny Wang

Script Translator

Bryan Wang

Costume Designer

Norman Wang

Special Thanks

Mark Wyglendowski

Location Manager

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Release Date
2001
Production Company
Abelcine; Lvt; New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting; People of Jersey City; Technicolor
Distribution Company
Dream Cham

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 27m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Winner of the FIPRESCI prize at the 2001 Locarno International Film Festival.

Released in United States August 2001

Released in United States January 2001

Released in United States July 2001

Released in United States Spring March 8, 2002

Shown at Asian American International Film Festival in New York City July 19-28, 2001.

Shown at Lorcarno International Film Festival August 2-12, 2001.

Shown at Sundance Film Festival (American Spectrum) in Park City, Utah January 18-28, 2001.

Feature directorial debut for Meng Ong, a graduate of NYU film school.

Released in United States January 2001 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (American Spectrum) in Park City, Utah January 18-28, 2001.)

Released in United States Spring March 8, 2002

Released in United States July 2001 (Shown at Asian American International Film Festival in New York City July 19-28, 2001.)

Released in United States August 2001 (Shown at Lorcarno International Film Festival August 2-12, 2001.)