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7.3	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 4 Ratings

Year of the Fish

Gigantic Releasing | Release Date: August 29, 2008

Summary: A young hopeful girl named Ye Xian travels alone to New York City to try to make some money for her ailing father back home in China. She falls into the clutches of Mrs. Su, who runs a massage parlor in the heart of Chinatown. But Ye Xian refuses to do the requisite sex work for the clients, so she is made into a menial servant who must do all the laundry, cleaning, shopping and cooking – a Cinderella. However, she finds solace in a magical fish given to her by the strange hunchback Auntie Yaga and in her fleeting, tender encounters with Johnny, a local jazz musician. With a crescendo that takes place at the height of the Chinese New Year – complete with lion dancers, firecrackers, and an enormous banquet in a palatial Chinatown restaurant – Year of the Fish spins the conventions of the traditional fairy tale in ways that are consistently surprising and engaging. (Gigantic Pictures)

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Runtime:	96 min
Production:	Funny Cry Happy
Genres:	Fantasy, Romance, Animation
Country:	USA
Language:	English

Director	Credit
David Kaplan	Director

Writer	Credit
David Kaplan	Writer

Cast	Credit
An Nguyen	Ye Xian
Andre De Leon	Thug
Anna Kim	Seamstress #1
Buzz Bovshow	Businessman #2
Esther Cheng	Salon Worker #3
Henry Russell Bergstein	Hasidic Customer
Janet Lau	Salon Worker #8
Ken Leung	Johnny
Kim Dong	Salon Worker #5
Lori Tan Chinn	Shuk Yee
Randall Duk Kim	Auntie Yaga/Old Man/Foreman
Sally Leung Bayer	Grandmother
Tina Duong	Salon Worker #7
Tsai Chin	Mrs. Su
Wai Ching Ho	Seamstress #2

Producer	Credit
David Kaplan	Producer
Janet Yang	Executive Producer
Jason Orans	Co-Producer
Rocco Caruso	Producer
Telly Wong	Associate Producer
Tevin Adelman	Line Producer