Summaries

Jamey Meadows is a convict just released from prison, hoping to live a straight life on the outside. His brother tries to reenlist him into the crime world, but Jamey resists, getting a job as a census taker. Through this job he meets Chun Hua, a Chinese immigrant. Despite all of their problems, the two seem to fall in love, but their worlds insist on keeping them apart...—Anonymous

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Keywords
  • love
  • immigrant
  • chinese
  • threat
  • census taker
Genres
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date Mar 31, 1999
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Production companies Front Street Pictures 49th Parallel Productions Preferred Films

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 46m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio

Synopsis

Jamey Meadows is a man newly released from prison who has found himself homeless on the crazy streets of New York City. Slowly he must try to build his life up from the gutter, resisting constant offers from his brother to rejoin the inisidious workld of crime. Meadows takes a menial job as a door-to-door census worker.Among his many encounters throughout this job, he meets a young Chinese immigrant who is just as unhappy in her life as he is in his. These two slowly hit it off and a relationship gradually begins to develop between them.

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