Year: 1979
Runtime: 63 mins
Language: English
Director: Stephen Frears
Lee, a Chinese expatriate, works as a hotel waiter in England despite his limited English. After hearing that a girl named Iris may be interested in him, he decides to use his rare afternoon off to buy a box of chocolates and set out into the town, hoping to meet her and bridge the language gap.
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