Madame Wang's

Madame Wang's

A New Comedy by Paul Morrissey

1996 · 96 min · ★ 5.3 · Drama

A KGB agent comes to California to meet Jane Fonda and prepare for a Russian takeover of the US. After losing his papers, he connects with a band of homeless, overweight, and over-the-hill transvestites and becomes a punker in a Chinese restaurant owned by an elderly transexual, Madame Wang.

Directed by Paul Morrissey · Written by Paul Morrissey

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