Ang Lee's award-winning thesis film for NYU parallels a young man running from the Mafia and a young Taiwanese woman hiding from the INS. They end up meeting and crossing over together to New Jersey. The title refers to Manhattan's Canal ...See moreAng Lee's award-winning thesis film for NYU parallels a young man running from the Mafia and a young Taiwanese woman hiding from the INS. They end up meeting and crossing over together to New Jersey. The title refers to Manhattan's Canal Street, which separates Chinatown from Little Italy.
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