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Tui Ná

Country: Australia, Language: Mandarin, English, 15 mins

  • Director: William Duan
  • Writer: William Duan
  • Producer: Mimo Mukii, Christina Radburn

CGiii Comment

Minimal dialogue and everything seems to happen rather fast.

It was a bit like chicken noodle soup without the chicken. More meat required!


Trailer...

The(ir) Blurb...

A boy struggles to reconcile his burgeoning queer identity with his filial duties and expectations from his Chinese immigrant mother.

Cast & Characters

Yipeng Xu (as David)
Hugh Burry (as Jon)
Tingting Liu (as Xiao Yu)