Movies: The Joy Luck Club
Director: Wayne Wang
Cast: Kieu Chinh, Tsai Chin, France Nuyen, Lisa Lu
The film begins with June's short narrative prologue about the swan
feather in the opening credits and then her farewell surprise party in
San Francisco for June's upcoming reunion with her long-lost twin
sisters in China.
Among the guests are members of The Joy Luck Club, their daughters,
other relatives, and friends. The characters narrate their journeys
while they reflect upon their pasts.
The Joy Luck Club was formed by four women; Lindo Jong (Tsai Chin),
Ying-Ying St. Clair (France Nuyen), An-Mei Hsu (Lisa Lu), and Suyuan Woo
(Kieu Chinh), in San Francisco. The members have mainly played mahjong
and told each other's stories over the years. They immigrated from
China, remarried, and gave birth to children in America. Suyuan's
daughter June (Ming-Na Wen) replaced her in the mahjong group when
Suyuan died four months before the time the film is set. The mothers
have high hopes for their daughters' success, but the daughters
struggled through "anxiet[ies,] feelings of inadequacy and failure[s]."
The mothers and daughters grow to know each other better and bond by the
telling and learning of each mothers past to understand each other and
overcoming their conflicts.
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