Monday Night Movie: "The Joy Luck Club"

Darien Library presents: Monday Night at the Movies!

This week we are showing “The Joy Luck Club."

“In San Francisco, a group of aging Chinese women meet regularly to trade familial stories while playing Mahjong. In a series of sixteen vignettes that spans generations and continents, this adaptation of Amy Tan’s bestselling novel explores cultural conflict and the often-turbulent relationships between four first-generation Chinese-American women and their mothers.”– Apple TV

Director: Wayne Wang

Year: 1993

Starring: Kieu Chinh as Suyuan Woo, Tsai Chin as Lindo Jong, France Nuyen as Ying-Ying St. Clair, Lisa Lu as An-Mei Hsu, Ming-Na Wen as June Woo, Tamlyn Tomita as Waverly Jong, Lauren Tom as Lena St. Clair, Rosalind Chao as Rose Hsu Jordan, Michael Paul Chan as Harold, Andrew McCarthy as Ted Jordan, Christopher Rich as Rich, Russell Wong as Lin Xiao, and Vivian Wu as An-Mei's Mother. 

This movie is 2 hours and 19 minutes and is rated R (for strong depiction of thematic material). 

Watch the official trailer.