Eat a Bowl of Tea Page #5

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
314 Views


- Everything's okay, huh?

- Everything's okay.

- Come see me next year.

- Thanks, doc.

Well, once in a while,

now and again...

...I have this little problem...

...when I'm with my wife.

Every guy has a little problem

once in a while.

Maybe more than once in a while.

- I've got just the thing for you.

- You do?

The name of a travel agent.

You're working too hard.

I had a real good time today.

Yeah, it's nice to get away

from New York.

Honey!

It was okay in Washington.

- Why do you ask me that?

- Will you carry me off with you?

Stop tormenting me.

I'll take care of you.

I don't care where it is, Michael.

Just take me there.

Take me quick.

Take me.

Sh*t!

Hold on!

Hey, long time no see, huh?

Oh, say, you fixed

this place up real nice.

- You must be ready, big boy.

- I'm a married man now.

- Are you kidding?

- No.

Hello. You must be his wife.

- Would you get out of here?

- Sure.

- Bye. Nice meeting you.

- Bye.

Jeez, can you believe this?

She probably got the wrong apartment

and comes barging in like that.

Jesus.

How dare you enter the Crystal Sea

Palace! You naughty monkey.

What are you doing here?

What's this?

These are two tickets

to Washington D. C...

...and this is the hotel reservation.

Is this some kind of joke?

The train leaves at 6:00.

Why don't you fix this?

I can't work with this sh*t.

You're the manager,

do something.

At 6:
00, I have to feed 400 people,

and the show's not ready yet.

Come on.

Hey, I know you.

I didn't recognize you.

Remember me?

I'm your Uncle Ah Song.

I was at your wedding party.

Thank you.

You want me to call you a cab?

Hello, Mei Oi?

I shouldn't have yelled at you like that,

I guess...

And I'm sorry.

It's just you coming in like that

in front of everyone at work...

They're gonna think

we've got a problem.

We do have a problem.

We can talk about that later.

You don't want me anymore.

That's not true.

I do want you.

But I can't do a damn thing about it.

How do you think

that makes me feel?

Honey!

Can I see you tomorrow?

If you agree,

put out the fishbowl.

Thank you.

Honey?

I got a surprise for you.

What is it?

It's a television set.

King-size Old Golds, the taste

treat of all king-size cigarettes.

Now, regular Old Golds, the world

famous "Treat instead of a treat."

Honey.

The pack on the left is better.

Honey?

You can watch programs

during the day too.

You can catch all the ball games.

It must have cost a lot of money.

So what?

It's something for you to do when

you're here by yourself. Like company.

Hit him.

Put up your guard.

I gotta go back to work, but

you can watch boxing. Come on!

A machine is not the same thing

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