The Toll of the Sea is an American-made film from the early 1900's and stars Anna May Wong in one of her first leading roles. She plays the character Lotus Flower, a young Chinese girl who finds an American man, Allen Carver, floating unconsciously near a seashore. After saving him, the two come to fall in love as the film progresses. Allen's buddies, however, discourage him(strongly) from taking her back to America with him.
Years later, Allen Carver returns back to China, but this time with his new wife, Beatrice. Lotus Flower convinces herself that she must give their son up to Beatrice and Allen, because he will have a better quality of life if raised in America, and so she does. Lotus Flower pays her toll to the sea, not only giving her son up, but also herself, going out into the sea and drowning herself.
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