SS: Yeah, those casinos are so crazy and bizarre. It was pretty clear to me from that scene what it would be, a lot of the things that changed were the subtle things, the basic premise was always there - the character work, family work, that kind of changed over time.ĬM: You knew that you wanted her at the casino and you had the image of her coming in. I really wanted to write a story where one small decision snowballs. SS: I was on one of those Chinatown buses and I had an image of the bag scene, that was the starting point of the inspiration. I have heard about the Chinatown buses before, but the film just takes it on such a journey. Although, I don’t know how many people recognised Awkwafina - I’m really happy you caught it! I don’t know if I’ve noticed any specific differences. They like dark, dry kind of humour - we’ve had a lovely reception here. SS: I feel like the Brits kinda like it, they like gangster movies. SQ: This film is such a beautiful love letter to New York, from the Chinatown buses to using a song from New York’s own Awkwafina, how has it been sharing Lucky Grandma to a London audience?ĬM: It’s different when you watch it with more Asian people in the audience because there are some jokes the London audience don’t get, but there was a laugher so it didn’t feel that different. I had the absolute pleasure of speaking to the director Sasie Sealy, veteran actress Tsai Chin and one of the film’s producers, Cara Marcous during the film’s run at LFF. The film explores ageing and the immigrant experience in unprecedented ways all while feeling like the classic comedy-action films you watched growing up. To protect herself, she hires a bodyguard from a rival gang in the form of Big Pong (Corey Ha). Her luck eventually runs out and she is left targeted by a local gang. The dark comedy stars Tsai Chin ( The Joy Luck Club) as Grandma Wong, the chain-smoking widow who tries her luck at the casino following a local fortune teller’s advice.
I’m not quite sure whether it’s because Grandma Wong reminds me of the resilient, sharp-witted, and caring women in my own life or if it’s because I am hoping (maybe even anticipating) to become like Grandma Wong when I’m older, either way, Sasie Sealy’s Lucky Grandma is an instant favourite from this year’s LFF. 0 In Conversation with ‘Lucky Grandma’’s Sasie Sealy, Tsai Chin, and Cara MarcousĪ film about a widowed 80-year-old Chinese woman who finds herself entangled with rival gangs in New York’s Chinatown was not the film I expected to resonate with the most at this year’s BFI London Film Festival, but I truly have not stopped thinking about it since my first viewing.
©Copyright Music Story Evelyn Duskey 2021 In 2007, her albums Tsai Chin Live 2007 and Golden Voice made the list of the Top-10-Selling Mandarin Albums of the Year by the Hong Kong branch of the IFPI. Her momentum kept going well into the 90s, with releases like “Late Night Show” (1995) and “Folk Song” (1996), which included the hit single “The Ferry.” In the subsequent years, she was involved with the musicals Angels That Never Sleep, The Night of Love in Shanghai, and Running Angel. In 1980, she made her debut with the blockbuster album “Unstoppable Song (The Forgotten Time),” followed by a string of albums that went on to attain mainstream popularity both in her native Taiwan and overseas, including “Just Like Your Tenderness” (1981), “Last Night” (1983), and “Heartbreak Station” (1986). Tsai Chin has also been nominated for the Golden Horse Awards several times.
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Mostly known for her traditional folk songs, she has also participated in several musicals and TV shows. Born on 22 December 1957, in Kaohsiung, she is well versed in both Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese Hokkien and has enjoyed a great deal of popularity in Hong Kong. Tsai Chin is a popular folk singer from Taiwan.
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