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Actors: James Russo, David Caruso, Richard Panebianco, Robert Miano, Sari Chang
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about China Girl
CHINA GIRL is a movie directed by Abel Ferrara in 1987.

When two orphans, Ty, a young chinese girl and Tony, an italian boy, fall in love, their relatives try to separate them. Soon, the youngest members of the asian and italian mobs begin a gang war that force the local bosses to intervene. Romeo and Juliet in NYC.

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Plot
Time/era of movie: - 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging Yes
Kind of romance: - matchbreaker interference
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Kids: - committing crimes - fighting with parents
Parent(s) gone? - Dada gone
Lover is... - of another race (interracial loving!)
Sexing? - first sexual experience

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Age: - a teen
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (man) short/standard wavey
Body type - (man) muscular
Unclothed? - Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more... - irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality - Italian
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair style - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type - (woman) very skinny
How much in movie? - 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality - Other Asian

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - a teen
Profession/status: - criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 40%
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair type - (man) short/standard curly
Body type - (man) skinny
Ethnicity/Nationality - Chinese
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
City? Yes
City: - New York

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel... - thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - kissing - seeing nude male butt - sex under blankets
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Modern rock/pop
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