Eugenia Yuan
When a stranger, Thaddeus, is found badly wounded near the village, miner Li Kung and his wife Ah Ni offer him refuge. As he heals, he becomes entrenched in a conflict that pits the townsfolk against the evil Master Ho, his nefarious Beetle Clan and the terrifying Lord Pi.
Nearly a year after his wife’s unsolved murder, Leonard To (Jason Tobin) is still struggling to come to terms with his grief. When a visit to the site of his wife’s death leads him to a man he believes is her killer, Leonard decides to take justice in his own hands.
Modesty, raised by a casino owner after being abandoned by her parents, has become skilled in the ways of fighting and now acts as the casino owner’s bodyguard. When she’s unable to prevent the owner’s murder at the hands of an old foe, Modesty is hell-bent on seeking revenge. — An adaptation of the Modesty Blaise novels and comic strip by Peter O’Donnell.
The social anxiety of a morbidly shy Ecuadorian dishwasher working in a Queens diner provides the psychological engine that powers this blend of drama and magical realism.