Aishe, a Uyghur woman trained by her military father, migrates to New York City where she finds herself laboring in Chinatown’s underground kitchens. She fatefully encounters Skinner, a young American soldier who has just returned from three tours in the Middle East. While falling in love, they discover the possibility of a better life together than the ones they believed they were destined to live alone.

Sebiye Behtiyar
as Aishe

Fred Hechinger
as Skinner

Landyn Lu
as Munro

Ella Rouwen Chen
as Chen

B. Todd Johnston
as Jim

Maxwell Almono
as Luis

Justin Cotta
as Cop (Times Square)

Alicher Adill
as Aziz

Dralla Aierken
as Arzu

Erden Uyghur
as Young Aishe
Brent Marchant
An essential element of any love story is chemistry between the lead characters, even if it takes an unconventional form. Regrettably, however, that’s exactly what’s missing in director Bing Liu’s debut narrative feature, based on the novel by Atticus Lish. Told in the form of a narrated letter/jour...