PREVIEW: Blue Bayou (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Justin Chon (Gook), Alicia Vikander (The Green Knight), Altonio Jackson (Sacrifice), Mark O’Brien (Ready or Not), Linh Dan Pham (The Beat That My Heart Skipped), Sydney Kowalske (Girl in the Basement), Vondie Curtis-Hall (Crooklyn), Emory Cohen (The Place Beyond The Pines)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Justin Chon (Gook), director, writer, producer; Poppy Hanks (Blast Beat), Charles D. King (Judas and the Black Messiah) and Kim Roth (Mudbound), producers; Roger Suen (Lady Bug), composer; Ante Cheng (Where Dreams Rest) and Matthew Chuang (The Mandela Effect), cinematographers; Reynolds Barney (Ms. Purple), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Antonio (Chon) is a Korean-American man trying to provide for his American wife Kathy (Vikander) and their family. However, when he faces deportation from the only country he’s ever been able to call home, he must confront his dark past…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Filmmaker and lead actor Justin Chon takes a powerful look at the heart-breaking deportation of migrants, in a drama with no easy answers and even more difficult consequences.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 3RD DECEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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