Living clandestinely out of a model home, a brother and sister take matters into their own hands when their mother gets caught up in a pyramid scheme that targets immigrants. An expansion of writer/director Chun's acclaimed short WINDOWBREAKER (SFIAAFF '07), this debut feature shows the great economic difficulties facing many Americans today, immigrants and otherwise.
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It's the end of the world as we (almost) know it in this apocalyptic family drama involving a sister and brother trying to cope in a near-future suburban California. Compared to everything from DONNIE DARKO to AMERICAN BEAUTY, this Sundance success marks the debut of a promising, truly independent artist.— Hollywood Reporter
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Lord Ganesh sounds like a SOPRANOS mobster when east meets west in the Raj household in New Jersey. Call centers, Hindu hip-hop, dollar-store moguls and busybody aunties are all toppings for this extra-large slice of the immigrant story. The moral~~~ Don't hang up on that call center operator. It might be your karma calling.
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A young Sikh doctor is forced to decide between his culture and career in this heartfelt dissection of the post- 9/11 Sikh experience in North America. Winner of both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.
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A lyrical story that follows a gang of thieving kids and the oddball characters who lie in their path. Radiant, sublime, and memorable, THE SPEED OF LIFE boasts an aesthetic as eclectic as its heroes, with director Ed Radtke (THE DREAM CATCHER, SFIAAFF '00) using multiple formats (super-8, 16mm, early video) to enrich a ravishing visual palette.
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Forty, divorced and sharing a bunk bed with his 10-yearold nephew, Jimmy sets out to find the girl of his dreams. But his cringe-inducing courtship of a beautiful younger relative ends up wreaking havoc on the whole family. A decidedly quirky vision of a man desperate to postpone maturity—indefinitely.
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