Double Happiness (1994)

Storyline:

Double Happiness 1994 Twenty two year old Chinese Canadian Jade Li comes from a traditional Chinese family, who try to put on the perfect public persona at all cost so as to save face One primary part of this persona is prosperity Jades father hopes that true financial prosperity will become reality through penny stocks Because of its instability, Jades parents dont understand or widely publicize Jades aspirations to be an actress Their main want for Jade is to date and marry a nice Chinese boy, a goal for which Jades extended family also strives as they are always trying to introduce her to Chinese boys They believe that the boy is Andrew, with whom Jade even agrees to go out But Jade, beyond wanting to be an actress, wishes her family had more western sensibilities She is attracted to a slightly awkward but persistent Caucasian English graduate student named Mark Jade has to figure out how to both please her family, who would not approve of her dating a Caucasian, and be true to herself