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Paper Lantern

•15m
Documentary

A portrait of a Vietnamese-Canadian family opening up a restaurant and cocktail bar in Calgary's Chinatown, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Production

Canada Council for the Arts

Language

EN

Status

Released

Cast

Nhi Tran

Self

Tanner Ennis

Self

Nguyen Tran

Self

Nguyen Bui

Self

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