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Three Chinese students, Tzu (James Chen), Wa (Keong Sim) and Chen (Leonardo Nam) come to study in America in the summer of 1980. They move into a New York City apartment next door to Dexter (Ryan O'Nan), a graduate student who introduces them to Suzanne (Gillian Jacobs), his occasional girlfriend and to Billy (Michael Esper), a struggling filmmaker. The Chinese find America fascinating. However, their perceptions, based on watching non-stop television, change when one of them is brutally mugged, when Suzanne takes up with Chen behind Dexter's back, and when Zap (Peter Scanavino), Suzanne’s ex boyfriend, stalks them into a state of terror. When on December 8, 1980 John Lennon is murdered, the Chinese students decide to buy a gun for self-defense.
Original Release
12/02/2011
US Release
12/02/2011
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Leonardo Nam | Chen |
Gillian Jacobs | Suzanne |
James Chen | Tzu |
Peter Scanavino | Czapinczyk |
Michael Esper | Billy |
Constance Wu | Kimi Hu |
Idara Victor | Antigone |
Adeel Ahmed | Big Tree Guy |
Kenneth Anderson | Junkie |
Elijah Cook | Cortez |
Directors
Writers
Shimon Dotan, Luke Whisnant, Netaya Anbar
Cast
Name | Character |
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Leonardo Nam | Chen |
Gillian Jacobs | Suzanne |
James Chen | Tzu |
Peter Scanavino | Czapinczyk |
Michael Esper | Billy |
Constance Wu | Kimi Hu |
Idara Victor | Antigone |
Adeel Ahmed | Big Tree Guy |
Kenneth Anderson | Junkie |
Elijah Cook | Cortez |
Jalen William Desmond | Extra |
Daniel Fainman | Paramedic |
Alan Feirer | Mark - Radio Reporter |
Nicco Franklin | Restaurant Patron |
Tom Galantich | Mortician |
Mike Holt | Police Officer |
Max Jenkins | Boy in Gladiator Costume |
Kensey | Extra |
Rebecca Keren | Hooker |
Josh Pesin | Police Officer |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Shimon Dotan | Producer |
Sameer Butt | Producer |
Charles D. Roden | Producer |
Netaya Anbar | Producer |