A Trip to Chinatown

Welland Strong is a man who has turned his body into a temple of anxiety, a millionaire hypochondriac who measures his life in pulse rates and pill bottles. When a doctor provides the ultimate confirmation of his fears—a terminal diagnosis with a mere six months to live—Strong undergoes a radical transformation. Rather than withering away, he decides to spend his remaining days in a whirlwind of motion, embarking on a cross-country journey that begins on a Pullman train and ends in the vibrant, neon-lit streets of San Francisco’s Chinatown. Along the way, the film shifts from a claustrophobic comedy of errors involving a volatile, jealous groom to a sweeping romantic farce. In the heart of Chinatown, Strong finds himself entangled with a captivating widow whose charm proves more potent than any apothecary’s tonic. The film explores the absurd notion that the only cure for a man who thinks he is dying is the sheer, unadulterated terror and thrill of falling in love.