After a divorce, Chinese American Doris Chu gets plastic surgery to make her eyes rounder. Her teenage daughter Mei sees her mother's two eyes as two lies. A desert resort trip during recovery brings revelations and confrontations in this black-and-white drama.
- Directors
- Pamela Tom
- Cast
- Dian Kobayashi, Sala Iwamatsu, Marie Nakano, Joe Marinelli, William Merzenich, Bob McCarthy, Melba Yale, Walter Loosli, Jr., Carolyn Stanek, Walter Loosli, Sr.
- Country
- United States of America
- Genre
- Drama
- Release date
- 1990-03-27
- Studios
- Women Make Movies
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Doris Chu, a recently divorced Chinese American woman, undergoes plastic surgery to make her eyes rounder. From her teenage daughter Mei's perspective, her mother's two eyes equal two lies. During Doris' recuperation, the family travels to a desert resort, where a series of revelations and bitter confrontations erupt. This beautiful black-and-white drama is a poignant study of generational conflict and the struggle for identity in a world of hybrid cultures.
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