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Catfish in Black Bean Sauce

Country: USA, Language: English, 119 mins

  • Director: Chi Muoi Lo
  • Writer: Chi Muoi Lo
  • Producer: Chi Muoi Lo; Stanley Yung

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Dwayne and his older sister Mai are adults: Mai is married to Vinh, Dwayne is about to propose to Nina. Twenty-two years ago, when Mai was 10, she and Dwayne were refugees in Vietnam, adopted by Harold and Dee Williams, African-Americans from Los Angeles. Now, they remain close, especially Dwayne and his parents. Mai drops a bomb: she's located their birth mother, Thahn, and she's flying her to LA. Dee takes the news hard: she sees herself being replaced. Harold is more sanguine, and Dwayne pretends to be indifferent. When Thahn arrives, tensions reach the breaking point between Mai and Dee, between Nina and Dwayne, and even between Dee and Harold. Can we all get along?


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Cast & Characters

Chi Muoi Lo as Dwayne Williams / Sap;
Sanaa Lathan as Nina;
Paul Winfield as Harold Williams;
Mary Alice as Dolores Williams;
Lauren Tom as Mai;
Kieu Chinh as Thanh;
Tyler Christopher as Michael;
Tzi Ma as Vinh;
George Wallace as James;
Wing Chen as Samantha;
Amy Tran as Young Mai;
Kevin Lo as Young Dwayne;
Kevin D'Arcy as Guard #1;
Andre Rosey Brown as Guard #2;
Ron Galbraith as Doctor