After the separation of her parents, a Korean-American girl struggles to stay afloat and deal with her new family arrangement. Over one summer spent at an elite academic bootcamp, this lonely teenager hides her true identity to fit in with her new friends, only to discover the bittersweet pains of adulthood.
Winner of the best actress award, for Ji-Young Yoo, and best screenplay in the U.S. Narrative Feature competition at the Tribeca Festival.
Título original: Smoking Tigers
Ano: 2023
Classificação: G
Duração: 91 min.
Gênero: Fiction
País: USA
Tags: USA, maturing, family drama, international festivals, identity, female directors, awarded films, solitude
Cor: Cor
Direção: Shelly Yo
Roteiro: Shelly Yo
Fotografia: Heyjin Jun
Montagem: Mengyao Mia Zhang
Elenco: Ji-Young Yoo, Jung Joon Ho, Abin Andrews, Erin Choi, Erin Yoo, Phinehas Yoon
Produtor: Guo Guo
Produção: Smoking Tigers Film
Música: Masayoshi Fujita
World Sales: WME
E-mail: [email protected]