Piccadilly

A young Chinese woman working in the kitchen at a London dance club is given the chance to become the club’s main act, which leads to a plot of betrayal, forbidden love, and murder.

“Visually eloquent and often dazzling, the movie is no less terrific. Piccadilly is both evidence of silent cinema at its rudely aborted peak and Wong’s frustrated potential to have been among its greatest stars.” ~J. Hoberman, Village Voice

“This remarkable British silent (1929) is special in many ways.” ~Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader