China Girl

China Girl is a 1987 film directed by independent filmmaker Abel Ferrara, and written by his long time partner Nicholas St. John. China Girl is a modern take on the classic tale of Romeo and Juliet. Set in 1980s Manhattan, the plot revolves around the intimate relationship developing between Tony, a teenage boy from Little Italy, and Tye, a teenage girl from Chinatown,...

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  • Sep 25, 1987

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Abel Ferrara

Abel Ferrara (born July 19, 1951 in The Bronx) is an American movie screenwriter and director. He is best known as an independent filmmaker of such films as The Driller Killer (1979), Ms. 45 (1981), King of New York (1990), Bad Lieutenant (1992), and The Funeral (1996). Ferrara was born in the...

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