Thousand Pieces of Gold

Nancy Kelly, 1990, U.S.
Set in a mining town in the 1880s, Thousand Pieces of Gold tells the real-life story of Lalu (Rosalind Chao), a young Chinese woman whose desperately poor parents sell her into slavery. She is trafficked to a nefarious saloonkeeper in Idaho's gold country. Eventually Charlie (Chris Cooper), a man of different ilk, wins her in a poker game and slowly gains her trust.

Details

  • In English

Formats

  • Blu-ray
  • DCP
  • DVD

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