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Set in the near future, Advantageous focuses on Gwen Koh, a single mother, whose aspirations for her daughter drive her to the precipice of a fraught decision. Including eerie and ingenious low-key special effects and a deliciously understated performance by Jacqueline Kim, this sci-fi film is rife with underlying tension and lyrical beauty perfectly matching the city’s atmosphere of quiet desperation. Gwen works as a spokesperson for the Center for Advanced Health and Living (an innocuous sounding organization that is, in fact, a corporate behemoth) and finds that she is in danger of losing her job. That would make it impossible for her to send her daughter Jules to private school, a termed “advantage” that in actuality is more a necessity to shield Jules from this future society's brutal economic disparities. The Center’s newest and untested health procedure offers Gwen a dangerous, life-altering chance to continue her career. To weigh her options, Gwen attempts to reconnect with an estranged relative (Ken Jeong), but as seems standard for all in this dystopian landscape, Gwen remains alienated and alone. Through this allegorical structure, Advantageous intelligently investigates present-day society’s perspectives on femininity and motherhood and how they intersect with questions of beauty, surveillance and the economy. Also starring Jennifer Ehle (The Gifted Man, Zero Dark Thirty) and James Urbaniak (The Venture Bros., Henry Fool).
Original Release
06/23/2015
US Release
06/23/2015
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jacqueline Kim | Gwen |
James Urbaniak | Fisher |
Freya Adams | Gwen 2.0 |
Ken Jeong | Han |
Jennifer Ehle | Isa Cryer |
Samantha Kim | Jules |
Troi Zee | Amanda |
Olivia Horton | Sarai / Sarai Malthus |
Jennifer Ikeda | Lily |
Mercedes Griffeth | Ginger |
Directors
Writers
Jacqueline Kim, Jennifer Phang
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jacqueline Kim | Gwen |
James Urbaniak | Fisher |
Freya Adams | Gwen 2.0 |
Ken Jeong | Han |
Jennifer Ehle | Isa Cryer |
Samantha Kim | Jules |
Troi Zee | Amanda |
Olivia Horton | Sarai / Sarai Malthus |
Jennifer Ikeda | Lily |
Mercedes Griffeth | Ginger |
Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris | Winnie / Winnie Charles |
Theresa Navarro | Olivia / Olivia de Santos |
Rex Lee | Drake |
Jeanne Sakata | Soon Yang |
Joshua Kim | Josh |
Matthew Kim | Ken |
Rebecca Summers | Spokesperson Candidate / Spokesperson |
Olivia Ford | Hidden Girl |
Ariana Altman | Masked Girl |
Helen Manalo | Woman Counting Money |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Sally Jo Fifer | Executive Producer |
Ken Jeong | Producer |
Theresa Navarro | Producer |
Jennifer Phang | Producer |
Jacqueline Kim | Producer |
Karim Ahmad | Producer |
Bogdan George Apetri | Producer |
Robert M. Chang | Producer |
Dolan Chorng | Producer |
Taro Goto | Producer |
Thuy Lan Ho | Producer |
Mina Kim | Producer |
Cliffton Lewis | Producer |
Qi Luo | Producer |
Moon Molson | Producer |
Liz Ortiz | Producer |
Laura Priscilla Paule | Producer |
Jacinto Romero | Producer |
James Y. Shih | Producer |
Jayda Thompson | Producer |
Dara Wishingrad | Producer |
Sean Gillane | Producer |