Director Eric Byler surprises with subtle yet edgy charms, conveying drama and sensuality with simple dialogue and deafening silence. The flick is moody and tense, filmed among the stucco facades of Southern California, with characters and plots seemingly plucked from an Adrian Tomine short story. Swirl a mysterious visitor named Darcy into the mix, and Charlotte Sometimes gets its legs and stands erect as a cool emotional thriller. Gloria's boyfriend is a lousy, distant piece of crap, which sends her to Michael's abode to crash, flirt and watch manga videos. Lori (Eugenia Yuan) and Michael (Michael Idemoto) are best friends who share a hidden attraction to each other. First St., San Jose), with Mina Shum in attendance. The film is followed by a reception at DP Fong Gallery (383 S. The dialogue is snappy and quick-like a Chinese-Canadian Gilmore Girls-and 12-year-old Tian gives a great performance as a precocious kid with big glasses and bigger dreams. Shum balances these with her trademark light touch, adding perspective in the lives of Vancouver's Chinatown. The film splits equal time between the three stories-mother/daughter, a butcher who wants to be a monk, and a bridge worker who gets laid off. Crazy things happen when the spells completely miss her mom and affect two other people, sending the film on two separate spiraling sidebars. Her 12-year-old daughter, Mindy (Valerie Tian), is obsessed with Taoist spells that she works in hopes of elevating her mom's personal and financial situation. In Long Life, Oh stars as a harried single mother working at a Chinese restaurant in dreary Vancouver. The films unspool at Camera 3 Cinemas March 14-16 unless otherwise noted.Īctress Sandra Oh ( Arli$$) and Canadian director Mina Shum reconnect nine years after making their awesome coming-out film, Double Happiness. For the third year, the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival comes to San Jose with movies and shorts celebrating and demystifying the Asian and Asian American experience. Senses Working Overtime: Valerie Tian gets the mojo working in 'Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity.'Ĭlueless about squatting? The Desi scene? The Asian American Film Festival sets the record straight.įILM-FESTIVAL fever doesn't end when Cinequest packs up.
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