Peggy Su!
| Peggy Su! | |
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| Directed by | Frances-Anne Solomon |
| Produced by | Poonam Sharma, Colin Rogers |
| Written by | Kevin Wong |
| Starring | Jonathan Arun Jacqueline Chan Daphne Cheung Alphonsia Emmanuel Glen Goei Burt Kwouk Pamela Oei |
| Music by | Peter Spence |
| Cinematography | Shelley Hirst |
| Edited by | Greg Miller |
| Distributed by | BBC Worldwide (Foreign TV Distributor) |
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Release date
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1998 |
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Running time
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100 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Peggy Su! is a 1998 film written by Anglo-Chinese playwright Kevin Wong. His own experience and background being the son of Chinese immigrants working in the laundry business was used. It was directed by Trinidadian Frances-Anne Solomon who had previously worked on What My Mother Told Me in 1994 and Bideshi in 1996.
This romantic comedy set in Liverpool in 1962. It is about the Chinese community there and 19-year-old Peggy who lives above a family laundry business with her brother and his wife. it centers on Peggy played by Pamela Oei, her attempts to find a husband and also her coping with the changing times in the early 1960s.
Other actors that were in the film include Daphne Cheung, Barbara Yu Ling, Alphonsia Emmanuel and Burt Kwouk.
The film has the distinction of being the first feature film to receive National Lottery funding. It was joint funded with the BBC. It was distributed by BBC Worldwide.
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