An Autumn's Tale (1987)

Hong Kong native Jennifer (Cherie Chung) moves to New York City to study for her Master's Degree and to reunite with her boyfriend Vincent (Danny Chan Bak-Keung). There she meets her very distant relative Samuel Pang (Yun-Fat Chow), a street-smart and wise-talking waiter-by-day and gambler-by-night, who helps her settle into her apartment building on the outskirts of Brooklyn. When Jennifer discovers that Vincent is being unfaithful, she nearly halts all her plans, but Pang talks sense into her and helps her adapt to her new life in the Big Apple without Vincent--which results in an unlikely relationship.