
17 Mar 2023

Riceboy Sleeps
In the 1990s, an immigrant single mother raises her teenage son in the Canadian suburbs, determined to provide a better life for him than the one she left behind in South Korea.
The plot follows a group of women who struggle in Hong Kong, most of them illegal immigrants from mainland China.
Fu Wai Fan
Shirley
Sun Ch'iu-chu
Mr. Tsun
Mr. Tsun's Sister
Ah To
Paul
Wong Heung
Ya-ch'uan
Kuei Ya-mei
Hotel Manager
Mrs Lisa Tsun
Lawyer
Concert Singer
Casino Debt Collector
Mimi
Hotel Chairman
Hotel Manager's Wife
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In the 1990s, an immigrant single mother raises her teenage son in the Canadian suburbs, determined to provide a better life for him than the one she left behind in South Korea.
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No overview found
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