Thousand Pieces of Gold

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• Genre(s): Drama, Romance
• Language(s): English
• Director(s): Gregory Jacobs, Nancy Kelly
• Cast(s): Rosalind Chao, Chris Cooper, Michael Paul Chan, Dennis Dun, Will Oldham See all Cast & Crew

• Duration: 1h 45min
• Award(s): Bronze Wrangler 1992 (Won)
  Critics 1990 (Nominated) Awards List
• Similar To: Eternity, People We Meet on Vacation
• Story:
  In 1880's China, young Lalu is sold into marriage by her impoverished father. Rather than becoming a bride, Lalu ends up in an Idaho gold-mining town, the property of a saloon owner who renames her China Polly and plans to sell her as entertainment for the locals. Refusing to become a whore, Lalu ultimately finds her own way in this strange country filled with white demons.
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