Dumplings

Aug 19, 2004

1h 31m

★ 6.7

You eat… that you are…

Overview

Aunt Mei's famous homemade dumplings provide amazing age-defying qualities popular with middle-aged women. But her latest customer, a fading actress, is determined to find out what the secret ingredient is.

Genres

Horror

Production Companies

Applause Pictures

Dumplings Trailers

Cast

Mrs. Lee

Miriam Yeung Chin-Wah

Mei

Bai Ling

Mr. Lee

Tony Leung Ka-fai

Masseuse

Pauline Lau

Connie

Meme Tian Pu-Jun

Kate

Miki Yeung Oi-Gan

Kate's Mother

Wong Siu-Foon

Old Hairdresser

Wong Sum-Yuen

Mei's nurse friend

Wu Wai-Man

Wang Suo-yi

Ho-Man Chan

High society woman 1

Ho Fung-chuk

High society woman 2

Chan Wai-Ling

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