

May 15, 1988
1h 50m
EN
Mike Newell
Just married Hong Kong couple Chen & Lily emigrate to England, soon to become parents to a little baby boy and generally struggle through life. Chen works long days in a restaurant, while Lily does the housekeeping, daydreaming of setting up their own business, much to Chen's chagrin. When Chen lets his colleague Fok seduce him down a path of mounting gambling debts, he is recruited as a drug courier for a shadowy Chinese triad. Suddenly he realizes that getting their own enterprise could be their only means of escape.

Sylvia Chang
Lily

Danny Dun
Chen

Jodi Long
Mui

Speedy Choo
Man Kee


Timothy Mo, Ian McEwan
4

Han Tan
Grandpa

Soon-Tek Oh
Red Cudgel

William Chow
White Paper Fan

King Shih-chieh
Night Brother

David K.S. Tse
Fok

Jim Carter
Mr. Constantinides
First Film Company
GB
British Screen Productions
GB

Film4 Productions
GB