Coming out in the American-Chinese community
Cast: Joan Chen, Michelle Krusiec, Lynn Chen
Director: Alice Wu
Writer: Alice Wu
Music: Anton Sanko
Cinematography: Harlan Bosmajian
Editing: Susan Graef, Sabine Hoffman
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“Certified Copy” (Abbas Kiarostami, France 2010)
Cast: Juliette Binoche, William Shimell, Jean-Claude Carriere
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
Writers: Caroline Eliacheff (collaborator on screenplay), Abbas Kiarostami
Cinematography: Luca Bigazzi
Editing: Bahman Kiarostami
“Gone Girl” (David Fincher, USA 2014)
Director: David Fincher
Writers: Gillian Flynn (screenplay), Gillian Flynn (novel)
Actors: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris
“The only time you liked yourself was when you were trying to be someone this cunt might like. I’m not a quitter, I’m that cunt. I killed for you; who else can say that? You think you’d be happy with a nice Midwestern girl? No way, baby! I’m it.”
“Up In The Air” (Jason Reitman, USA 2009)
Director: Jason Reitman
Writers: Walter Kirn (novel), Jason Reitman (screenplay)
Actors: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick
Happy ending for everyone except for the hero: you only got what you deserve!
“Fireworks Wednesday” (Asghar Farhadi, Iran 2006)
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Writers: Asghar Farhadi, Mani Haghighi
Actors: Hamid Farokhnezhad, Hediyeh Tehrani, Taraneh Alidoosti
A young woman – very much in love and soon to get married – meets
A woman who is devastated because her husband has an affair and
A divorced woman who remembers the time her husband was madly in love with her.
Nevertheless…