The film follows Mr. Shi, a retired widower from Beijing. When his only daughter, Yilan, who lives in Spokane, Washington and works as a librarian, gets divorced, he decides to visit her to help her heal. However, Yilan is not interested. She tries keeping an emotional distance but when this finally fails she begins physically avoiding her father. He confronts her about an affair with a married Russian man and she, in turn, lets loose about all the gossip she'd heard as a young girl about his alleged affair with a female colleague back in China.
Directed by Wayne Wang
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Henry O
Mr. Shi
Yu Feihong
Yilan
Vida Ghahremani
Madame
Pasha D. Lychnikoff
Boris
Jared Wagner
Airport Greeter
Megan Albertus
Forensics Girl
Wes Deitrick
Antique Owner
Ryan Sanson
Plane Passenger
Patrick Treadway
Homeless Man
Angela Dierdorff Petro
Maggie
Tracy Schornick
Troy
Erick Hollenbaugh
Elder Reilly
Brian Gibbons
Elder Leach
Armand Jalayeri
Guard
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