The Jade Pendant

“Love and loss in America”

Fleeing an arranged marriage in China, the independent Peony signs a contract to work as a “flower girl” in America, where she meets Tom, an American Born Chinese cook whose father works on the Transcontinental Railroad. Thwarted by a Hong Kong Triad boss seeking to extend his power into America, theirs is the tale of the first great Chinese immigration to the United States – a story of romance, bigotry, passion, food and a search for everlasting love – set against the largest mass lynching in American history, in Los Angeles’ Chinatown, in 1871.

Screenplay

Scott M. Rosenfelt

Screenplay

L.P. Leung

Director

梁普智

Screenplay

David Assael

Status

Released

Release date

24/10/2017

Original language

English