A Thousand Years of Good Prayers

After her marriage fails, Yilan (Feihong Yu) is ill-prepared to cope with the arrival of her elderly father (Henry O), who has traveled all the way to Spokane, Washington, from Beijing for an extended visit. While the duo struggles to bridge their culture gap, the old man befriends a neighborhood woman who feels as alienated from modernity as he does. Wayne Wang's sensitive drama co-stars Pavel Lychnikoff, Vida Ghahreni. 83 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English, Mandarin, and Persian DolbyDigital 5.1; Subtitles: English; interviews; photo gallery. In English, Mandarin, and Persian with English subtitles.