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  • 1984
  • 43m
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Ang Lee's award-winning thesis film for NYU parallels a young man running from the Mafia and a young Taiwanese woman hiding from the INS. They end up meeting and crossing over together to Ne... Read allAng Lee's award-winning thesis film for NYU parallels a young man running from the Mafia and a young Taiwanese woman hiding from the INS. They end up meeting and crossing over together to New Jersey. The title refers to Manhattan's Canal Street, which separates Chinatown from Lit... Read allAng Lee's award-winning thesis film for NYU parallels a young man running from the Mafia and a young Taiwanese woman hiding from the INS. They end up meeting and crossing over together to New Jersey. The title refers to Manhattan's Canal Street, which separates Chinatown from Little Italy.

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    • Ang Lee
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    • Patrick Cupo
    • Ching-Ming Liu
    • Chazz Palminteri
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      • Ang Lee
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      • Ching-Ming Liu
      • Chazz Palminteri
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    Patrick Cupo
    Patrick Cupo
    • Mario
    Ching-Ming Liu
    • Hsiu Hsiu
    Chazz Palminteri
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    Mei-Hwa Chaa
    Ira Katz
    Ira Katz
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