Picks and Pans Review: Peking Encounter

UPDATED 08/23/1982 at 01:00 AM EDT • Originally published 08/23/1982 at 01:00 AM EDT

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This sappy love story, filmed entirely in China, stars Diana Canova as an American tourist whose fling with a Chinese orchestra conductor (Shi Yong) is hampered by cultural barriers. The shots of the city are nice, but the painfully stilted script makes this a real Peking turkey.

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