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In ‘Blue Sun Palace,’ U.S.-Made Critics Week Charmer, Constance Tsang Reframes the Chinese Immigrant Tale With Empathy – and a Stellar Cast

In ‘Blue Sun Palace,’ a U.S.-made Critics Week film, Constance Tsang revisits the Chinese immigrant tale with a stellar Chinese-speaking cast.

First-time feature director Constance Tsang makes a splash in Cannes with “ Blue Sun Palace,” the first U.S. film in Critics Week that is in the Mandarin Chinese language. Set in a massage parlor, staffed with Chinese immigrants, in Queens, New York, the melodramatic film tells of how the romantic relationship between a man and a woman is disrupted by a sudden disappearance. A lot of the experiences and stories [in the film] are things that I grew up feeling adjacent to, from my parents, their circle of friends, their community.

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