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Paper Lantern

Sep 30, 2025 | IMDB 0

15 min Watch Now

Documentary

A portrait of a Vietnamese-Canadian family opening up a restaurant and cocktail bar in Calgary's Chinatown, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Nhi Tran, Tanner Ennis, Nguyen Tran, Nguyen Bui

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