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Mr. Shi (Henry O) is a widower and a retired man from Beijing. When his only daughter Yilan (Faye Yu) is divorced, he decides to visit her in Spokane, Washington where she works as a librarian. His intention is to stay with her until he helps her recover from the trauma. But Yilan is not interested in his plan to rescue her marriage and reconstruct her life. Disappointed but not discouraged, Mr. Shi explores the town and meets an old woman, Madam (Vida Ghahremani), who fled the Iranian Revolution. Neither Mr. Shi nor Madam speak English well, but by gesturing and talking in their own tongues, Mr. Shi and Madam start a rare friendship, in which they find momentary haven from the world of lies they have to weave to keep themselves hopeful. Directed by Wayne Wang (Chinese Box, The Joy Luck Club), based on the short story by screenwriter Yiyun Li.
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