The consequences of a mother's decision to leave her daughter in the care of an American homestay family are slowly unearthed.
Directed by Johnson Cheng
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.6 / 5
Cast
Diana Lin Xiaojie
Mother
Alexandre Chen
Chinese Businessman 2
Grant C. Hansen
White Businessman 2
George Christopher
White Businessman 1
Boon Pin Koh
Father
Richard Ouyang
Waiter 1
Jeffrey Sun
Chinese Businessman 1
Lydia Zhou
Daughter
Crew
Carlo Mendoza
Director of Photography
Mathieu Séguin
Best Boy Electric
Karen Baker Landers
Supervising Sound Editor
Chris Navarro
ADR Mixer
Tianfu Zhang
Sound Mixer
Sue-Ellen Chitunya
Post Production Supervisor
Aiden Keltner
Electrician
Steven Liang
Still Photographer
Popular Reviews
3 reviews
alex
8.0★ · 04/01/22
my exploration of hbo’s asian shorts continues and boy was this one an emotional gut punch. so much is said with so little, and you can tell the relationship is strained even though the mom truly wants what’s best for her daughter. good yet so so sad but also very powerful.
my exploration of hbo’s asian shorts continues and boy was this one an emotional gut punch. so much is said with so little, and you can tell the relationship is strained even though the mom truly wants what’s best for her daughter. good yet so so sad but also very powerful.
