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Feature film for Film Four International. The first film to be shot on location in London’s Chinatown, selected for the Venice Film Festival 1987.
For British-born director Po Chih Leong, Ping Pong (1986) represents an examination of his own Chinese background. The film is filled with quirky scenarios and surreal imagery depicting the East-West cultural clash. The death of Sam Wong (K.C. Leong) provides the dramatic pulse of Ping Pong. Elaine Choi (Lucy Sheen), a law clerk, must confront her cultural background when dealing with the members of the dead man's family. She bounces between the family members like a ping pong ball, but her biggest adversary seems to be Wong's youngest son Mike (David Yip). In many ways, Mike is an archetype of a young Chinese man growing up in Britain, struggling to define his identity and in the process turning his back on traditional Chinese culture. By the end of the film, however, both Elaine and Mike come to terms with their cultural roots.
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