Directed by:
Igor SunaraScreenplay:
Kieu ChinhCinematography:
Igor SunaraComposer:
Milosz JeziorskiCast:
Andrew McCarthy, Richard Chamberlain, Bai Ling, Kieu Chinh, Liz Holtan, Heidi Kristoffer, Joe Bacino, Dennis Rees, Esau Pritchett, Adam LaVorgna, Sally Kemp, Jacob Ming-Trent, Paula DevicqPlots(1)
In Manhattan, Eurasian acting student Julia Chamonix is unable to enjoy the privileged life she shares with her doting father. Haunted by the tragic early death of her mother-a former star actress and singer in Vietnam-and likewise haunted by a secret desire she has to hide from the world, Julia struggles in her acting studies under renowned coach Igor. However, her ambitions to emulate her mother’s success are thwarted by her severe difficulties with the English language. Her only confidante is her wise Vietnamese grandmother, but even with her she limits what she confides. Meanwhile she begins to experience recurrent nightmares in which she relives the car accident that killed her mother. (XLI41)
(more)Cast
Andrew McCarthy
USA
Best movies:
The Joy Luck Club (1993)
Dead Funny (1994)
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998)
Richard Chamberlain
USA
Best movies:
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Shogun (1980) (series)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
Bai Ling
China
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Lords of Dogtown (2005)
The Crow (1994)
Kieu Chinh
Vietnam
Best movies:
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
The Joy Luck Club (1993)
City of Angels (1998)
Liz Holtan
Best movies:
The Intern (2015)
Listen to Your Heart (2010)
Man on a Ledge (2012)
Heidi Kristoffer
USA
Best movies:
Sam (2017)
The Oranges (2011)
Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)
Joe Bacino
Best movies:
Kick-Ass (2010)
Ransom (1996)
Garden State (2004)
Dennis Rees
Best movies:
Hungry Hearts (2014)
Esau Pritchett
Best movies:
The Night Of (2016) (series)
The Narrows (2008)
Cold Comes the Night (2013)
Adam LaVorgna
USA
Best movies:
Outside Providence (1999)
29th Street (1991)
Degree of Guilt (1995) (TV movie)
Sally Kemp
Best movies:
Roots (1977) (series)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Breakheart Pass (1975)
Jacob Ming-Trent
Best movies:
The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020)
Shrek the Musical (2013)
The Possession of Hannah Grace (2018)
Paula Devicq
Canada
Best movies:
Arbitrage (2012)
The Grid (2004) (series)
Kill the Man (1999)