Roxy Book Club
The Joy Luck Club
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Pearl Boba Tea
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Join us for our monthly celebration of adaptation: Roxy Book Club! Which is better, the book or the movie? To find out, take the month to read this month’s selection, Amy Tan's masterpiece The Joy Luck Club. We’ll have a discussion about the book and its adaptation after the film screening.
In San Francisco, a group of aging Chinese women (Kieu Chinh, Tsai Chin, France Nuyen, Lisa Lu) meet regularly to trade familial stories while playing Mahjong. In a series of sixteen vignettes that spans generations and continents, this adaptation of Amy Tan's bestselling novel explores cultural conflict and the often-turbulent relationships between four first-generation Chinese-American women (Ming-Na Wen, Tamlyn Tomita, Lauren Tom, Rosalind Chao) and their mothers.
Sponsored by Pearl Boba Tea!
In San Francisco, a group of aging Chinese women (Kieu Chinh, Tsai Chin, France Nuyen, Lisa Lu) meet regularly to trade familial stories while playing Mahjong. In a series of sixteen vignettes that spans generations and continents, this adaptation of Amy Tan's bestselling novel explores cultural conflict and the often-turbulent relationships between four first-generation Chinese-American women (Ming-Na Wen, Tamlyn Tomita, Lauren Tom, Rosalind Chao) and their mothers.
Sponsored by Pearl Boba Tea!
Cast: Ming-Na Wen, Lauren Tom, Rosalind Chao, Tamlyn Tomita, Kieu Chinh, Tsai Chin, France Nuyen, Lisa Lu
Director: Wayne Wang
Rated: R
Duration: 139 min
Released: 1993
Genre: Drama
Roxy Book Club
The Joy Luck Club
