Thousand Pieces of Gold ★★★ 1991 (PG-13) A young Chinese woman is sold by her father to a marriage broker, but instead of a respectable marriage she is shipped to America and expected to work as a prostitute in an Idaho mining town. Instead she works taking in laundry as she tries to make her way in a man's world, finding a sweet romance of opposites along the way. Based on a true story. Excellent performances by Chao and Cooper. 105m/C VHS. Rosalind Chao, Dennis Dun, Michael Paul Chan, Chris Cooper, Jimmie F. Skaggs, William Oldham, David Hayward, Beth Broderick;
Director:
Nancy Kelly;
Writer:
Anne Makepeace;
Writer:
Bobby Bukowski;
Cameo:
Gary Remal Malkin.
