Now Chinatown
2000, English. Directed by Steve Dunning.
Lee's family sent her from China to Los Angeles three years ago to be a waitress in a Chinatown restaurant and send money home to support her ailing grandmother. She lives with her bitter aunt, and endures terrible treatment at work, but feels trapped. Steve, a well-traveled engineer, enters her shabby restaurant by accident one day and is smitten by her. He works to bring her out of her misery and isolation in the short time before he has to leave for a job in China.
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 5 February 2000
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Steve Dunning
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Now Chinatown runs 112 minutes (1h 52m).
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Now Chinatown isn’t on a subscription OTT platform in India, but you can rent it or buy it online. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Now Chinatown?
Now Chinatown (2000) was directed by Steve Dunning and stars Dana Byrne, Chao Li Chi, Jo Chim.