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An Italian boy and Chinese girl fall in love in New York, igniting a conflict between their ethnic gangs.An Italian boy and Chinese girl fall in love in New York, igniting a conflict between their ethnic gangs.An Italian boy and Chinese girl fall in love in New York, igniting a conflict between their ethnic gangs.
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- TriviaOut of all of the films he has directed, Abel Ferrara has stated that "China Girl" is his favorite.
- Crazy creditsAfter the credits there is a line: Dedicated to the people of Chinatown and Little Italy.
- Alternate versionsThe UK video version was cut by 7 seconds to remove the use of a butterfly knife. The Columbia DVD features the same cut print.
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Ferrara's China Girl, like many other films by the director, namely The king of new york and The funeral, is not afraid to approach tough political themes but also like these films just mentioned above is insufficient in its discourse and not captivating enough to make the viewer actually care about these issues.
The whole plot and message relyes on the relationship between Tony and Tye , the problem is that even though that is the case the film barely shows them bonding and falling for each other and we are just supposed to believe that they love each other even though the movie give us no reason whatsoever why they should. That for me is the biggest reason why the film is insufficient in its message and ends up just leaving the viewer indifferent to the issues there presented. With that said, it's not a bad movie, it has it's charm.
- RaulFerreiraZem
- Jul 21, 2019
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- Budget
- $3,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,262,091
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $531,362
- Sep 27, 1987
- Gross worldwide
- $1,262,091
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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