Riceboy sleeps

  • Riceboy sleeps
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
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Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2022
Format : Feature
Running time : 117 (in minutes)

So-Young is a Korean single mother raising her adolescent son Dong-Hyun in the suburbs of Canada during the 90s. Determined to provide a better life for him she does her best to overcome the constant racial and cultural challenges that confront them. As Dong-Hyun gets older, he becomes increasingly curious about his Korean heritage and about his deceased father - a topic that So-Young refuses to address. Then, sudden devastating news prompts the mother and son to return to South Korea for the first time since their initial departure with hopes of reconnecting to their roots and reconciling their tragic past.



Director : Anthony Shim
Producer : Anthony Shim, Rebecca Steele, Bryan Demore
Screenplay : Anthony Shim
Cinematography : Christopher Lew
Cast : Choi Choi Seung-Yoon, Ethan Hwang, Dohyun Noel Hwang, Anthony ShimSeung-Yoon

*Film selected for the Durban international Film Festival 2023

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