Snakehead (2021)
Shuya Chang: Sister Tse
Quotes
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Sister Tse : [Narrating] Dai Mah's smuggling empire kept the peace in a dying Chinatown underworld. Import-export companies, truck drivers and unemployment agencies all depended on her. For them, smuggling was harmless. But everyone knew it wouldn't last.
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Zareeb : So when you were dreaming of coming to America, did you think it was going to be this way?
Sister Tse : I didn't think. I just came.
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Sister Tse : [Narrating] I didn't always make the right choice, but I always survived.
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Dai Mah : Everybody has to work and earn here.
Sister Tse : I can work. I can earn. Just give me a chance.
Dai Mah : I just gave you a chance!
Sister Tse : That kind of work is for the weak. I'm not weak!
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Rambo : Hey, where you going? You better get one of those boxes! Am I gonna have some problem with you?
Sister Tse : This is stupid. I'm not doing that. I'm not gonna smuggle drugs.
Rambo : The people are better, hm?
Sister Tse : At least I give people hope. You kill them.
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Sister Tse : [Narrating] I never believed in the American dream. All I knew was how to survive.
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Zareeb : Your soba better. Let me help.
Sister Tse : No, I don't need help.
Zareeb : Come on, Sister Tse, everybody needs help sometime!
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Sister Tse : [Repeated line] We all have our reasons.
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Sister Tse : I owed $57,000 to the snakehead. All that mattered was that I was here.