I'm Seducible
In English and Mandarin with English subtitles • Twenty-something Chinese artist Shi-Wei dives into her newfound freedom in the United States. Almost immediately she hooks up with an American and juggles several menial jobs while pursuing her burgeoning ambitions as a painter. The sudden arrival of Da-Hai, the smitten boyfriend she left behind, intensifies Shi-Wei's divided loyalties between past and future. Based partially on her own experiences as an immigrant, Bay Area filmmaker Xiao-Yen Wang (The Monkey Kid, Official Selection at Cannes, 1995; The Blank Point, 1991) beautifully captures the psychic dislocation of a woman caught between cultures. Strong and outspoken in China, Shi-Wei now passively drifts along, allowing the men in her life to pull her back and forth across the cultural divide. What will it take for her to reclaim her strength? Journey with Shi-Wei as she fuses memory and desire to create her own identity and find a room of her own. — C. Harada
Director: Xiao-Yen Wang
Producer: Andy Martin, Xiao-Yen Wang
Screenwriter: Xiao-Yen Wang
Cinematographer: Li Xiong
Editor: Andy Martin, Xiao-Yen Wang
Cast: Qu Ying, Zhu Hong-Jia, Michael Oosterom
Print Source: The Beijing-San Francisco Film Group
P.O. Box 841
El Cerrito, CA, 94530
Tel: 510.237.7122
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