Eat a Bowl of Tea Page #4

Synopsis: A study in culture bridging, including ... a new US-born husband, trying to work within the traditional ways, a new China-born wife, eager to join the "dream" of America, two family-minded fathers, lots of gender-related social bifurcations.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Wayne Wang
Production: Sony Pictures Entertainment
 
IMDB:
6.4
PG-13
Year:
1989
102 min
313 Views


I've got plans now.

I'm a married man.

We're gonna save some money.

And I'm gonna go back to school.

Excuse me, please.

What?

I want to talk to you.

- You know what?

- What?

- You know what?

- What?

We got the big face tonight,

you and me.

And it's up to you to keep it

for both of us.

And that means you're gonna...

...act like a big man

and become a father.

And you're going to

take everything seriously.

And 20 years from now...

...you could be the head

of the whole Wang Family Association.

Dad, I think I'm gonna throw up.

Hello, this is Mrs. Wang speaking.

Hello, this is Mrs. Wang speaking.

Sweetheart, listen, I'm sorry.

I said we'd go out today, but...

I said we'd go out today, but this job

is a lot more than I figured it would be.

These fish are expensive.

I'm on the phone.

- It's not expensive.

- Nobody wants to buy it.

Just pay the guy.

This son of a b*tch

has been dogging my wife.

You think she's so gorgeous.

Forget it.

Mei Oi, I'm sorry.

Never mind.

I'm just homesick a little bit.

My new job's great.

Wait. Wait, wait, wait a minute.

Stop. Stop.

I don't think I'm gonna

be able to do this.

What's wrong?

I don't know.

I just feel like everyone's watching us.

There you are. So today is

the first of the month, rent day.

I have no money. Come back later.

You never pay on time.

F*** off.

Hey, Ah Song, did you hear

about the fight yesterday...

...the one in the movie house?

What the f*** do you know?

I want the news, I buy a paper.

Hey, Wah Gay, everybody still talks

about the banquet you gave.

Old news.

Hey, Wah Gay, guess who we saw

last week in the marketplace?

- Your daughter-in-law.

- What do you mean?

She looked fine, just like always.

Skinny little thing.

F*** you.

She's not like the girls here who have

big bellies before they're married.

You sound just like my old woman's

letters. "Where's the baby?"

I think they are trying.

Every time I go to work...

...Ben Loy looks really, really tired.

Maybe they don't know how to do it.

Back home, they watch the pigs.

They get the idea.

It's none of our business!

Thanks.

Hi, Dad.

You know what to do with this?

It's for making babies,

not just to have fun with.

Your mother cries every day.

Dad, I don't think

we should discuss this.

- I'm your father.

- I don't think it's any of your business.

I'm not pressuring you.

Just asking.

If you don't feel like having children

when you're young...

...when will you have them?

- When we feel like it.

Well, feel like it now!

Oh, sh*t.

I love you.

What are we gonna do?

I think you should see a doctor.

Yeah.

But first, you got to tell him

what's wrong.

Your checkup's fine.

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