The Joy Luck Club
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:01:07
On her journey
she cooed to the swan...

:01:09
"In America I will have
a daughter just like me.

:01:14
But over there, nobody will say
her worth is measured...

:01:17
by the loudness
of her husband's belch.

:01:23
Over there, nobody will
look down on her...

:01:26
because I will make her speak
only perfect American English.

:01:37
And over there, she will always be
too full to swallow any sorrow.

:01:48
She will know my meaning
because I will give her this swan...

:01:52
a creature that became more
than what was hoped for."

:02:05
But when she arrived
in the new country...

:02:08
the immigration officials
pulled the swan away from her...

:02:11
leaving the woman
fluttering her arms...

:02:13
and with only one swan
feather for a memory.

:02:25
For a long time now,
the woman had wanted...

:02:28
to give her daughter
the single swan feather...

:02:30
and tell her, "This feather
may look worthless...

:02:34
but it comes from afar
and carries with it...

:02:37
all my good intentions."
:02:45
- Hi!
- Oh, Jennifer! Oh, hi!

:02:47
- Hi, June.
- Hi.

:02:50
Yeah, I want-- That's it.
How are you, June?


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