SummaryEveryone thinks Cissy (Chuti Tiu) has the perfect life – except Cissy. Striving to be the “good girl,” at home and at work, has left her on the verge of a breakdown. A childless marriage to a handsome architect (Kipp Shiotani) has gone stale, while questions about babies pepper every well-meaning conversation with family and friends. The cultural... Read More
Directed By:Oscar Torre
Written By:Chuti Tiu
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Tiu finds absolutely nothing redeemable in Cissy's upbringing. Her wholesale rejection of her parents' values isn't the enlightenment filmmakers would have you believe; it's internalized racism — conditioned by a lifetime of exposure to stereotypical depictions and cultural colonialism — to think that Asians' heritage and culture necessarily deprive them of happiness and fulfillment.
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Production Company:
- Handle With Care Productions
- Kungfu-Barbie Productions
Release Date:Jan 16, 2015
Duration:1 h 21 m
Tagline:Why waste one more minute of your life waiting to live it?
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Awards
Women's Independent Film Festival
• 6 Wins & 6 Nominations
Action on Film International Film Festival, USA
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
