The Princess of Nebraska
2008 · 77 MIN · IMDB 5.1 · 362 VOTES · DIR. Wayne Wang
Overview
Sasha is a young woman from Beijing, studying in Nebraska. She flies to the Bay Area and meets up with friends, including Boshen, a gay man who was the lover of Yang, a member of Beijing's Opera who got Sasha pregnant four months before. She's made an appointment at a clinic for the next day. Boshen thinks he, she, Yang, and the baby can be a family. After a contentious dinner, Sasha meets X, a call girl on her way to a party with older men. Sasha goes too. Later, Sasha asks X to travel the world with her. Reality awaits the next day. As the annual St. Stupid's Day Parade passes by, Boshen accompanies Sasha to the clinic. What will she decide?
Dialogue Timeline — 359 lines
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00:05:29 Hello, may I speak to Boshen?
00:07:45 It was that simple-- and you were not the only one.
00:17:45 Come in. Make yourselves at home.
00:18:25 Well, I'll get you that drink. I have family in Beijing.
00:19:18 because of the one-child policy. His parents are desperate.
00:20:01 overseas Chinese, Westerners.
00:20:53 I just was helping the BBC reporter who was doing a project on AIDS.
00:22:17 People give her shit. She just does what she wants.
00:28:09 Okay.
00:31:05 This James.
00:37:39 both men and women--
00:47:28 Sasha, Sasha, the Princess of Russia.
00:51:34 She was.
00:59:53 There's a parade today.
01:02:52 I'm Claire. How are you feeling?
01:03:41 I just wanted to come to San Francisco
01:04:42 Yang's your boyfriend?
01:05:28 and after that
01:06:22 even if I do have the baby.
01:07:02 then find a good job
01:07:46 You'd be sedated, probably wouldn't feel anything.
01:11:28 # who will take care of me #
01:12:34 # left in there #
01:13:47 # when I'm tired. #