
Overview:
Just married Hong Kong couple Chen & Lily emigrate to England, soon to become parents to a little baby boy and generally struggle through life. Chen works long days in a restaurant, while Lily does the housekeeping, daydreaming of setting up their own business, much to Chen's chagrin. When Chen lets his colleague Fok seduce him down a path of mounting gambling debts, he is recruited as a drug courier for a shadowy Chinese triad. Suddenly he realizes that getting their own enterprise could be their only means of escape.Status: | Released (1988-05-15) |
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Awards: | 1 nomination |
Screen: | Timothy Mo, Ian McEwan |
Productions: | First Film Company, British Screen Productions, Film4 Productions |
Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
Spoken Languages: | English |

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