Peggy Su! | |
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Directed by | Frances-Anne Solomon |
Written by | Kevin Wong |
Produced by | Poonam Sharma Colin Rogers |
Starring | Jonathan Arun Jacqueline Chan Daphne Cheung Alphonsia Emmanuel Glen Goei Burt Kwouk Pamela Oei |
Cinematography | Shelley Hirst |
Edited by | Greg Miller |
Music by | Peter Spencer |
Distributed by | BBC Worldwide |
Release date | 1998 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Peggy Su! is a 1998 film written by Anglo-Chinese playwright Kevin Wong, directed by Frances-Anne Solomon and starring Pamela Oei. His own experience and background being the son of Chinese immigrants working in the laundry business was used. [1] It was directed by Trinidadian Frances-Anne Solomon who had previously worked on What My Mother Told Me in 1994 and Bideshi in 1996. [2] [3] [4]
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 (Pamela Oei) her attempts to find a husband and also her coping with the changing times in the early 1960s. [5] [6]
The film has the distinction of being the first feature film to receive National Lottery funding. It was joint funded with the BBC. [7] [8] It was distributed by BBC Worldwide. [9]
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