The Jade Pendant
2017 · 106 min · Drama, History
Love and loss in America
Fleeing an arranged marriage in China, the independent Peony signs a contract to work as a “flower girl” in America, where she meets Tom, an American Born Chinese cook whose father works on the Transcontinental Railroad. Thwarted by a Hong Kong Triad boss seeking to extend his power into America, theirs is the tale of the first great Chinese immigration to the United States – a story of romance, bigotry, passion, food and a search for everlasting love – set against the largest mass lynching in American history, in Los Angeles’ Chinatown, in 1871.
- Director
- Leong Po-Chih
- Writers
- David Assael, L.P. Leung, Scott M. Rosenfelt
- Released
- October 24, 2017
- Language
- English
