EXCLUSIVE: Dekanalog has picked up North American rights to Constance Tsang’s Blue Sun Palace, which played in Cannes Critics’ Week, winning the French Touch Prize of The Jury.
Set in a massage parlor in Flushing, Queens, the film sees Amy and Didi navigate romance, happiness, and the obligations of family thousands of miles from home.
Despite the physical and emotional toll their work extracts, the women who live at the parlor create an impenetrable sisterhood.
But when tragedy strikes on Lunar New Year, Amy is forced to consider her future. Tsang’s well-received feature debut stars Lee Kang Sheng, as well as Ke-Xi Wu (Nina Wu) and Haipeng Xu (Venus by Water).
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