Ms. Purple
Ms. Purple
Actor-turned-filmmaker Justin Chon (Twilight) followed his award-winning 2017 drama Gook with this emotional story of two estranged siblings reunited to take care of their ailing father. Carey (Teddy Lee), still embittered over their troubled childhood, has led a rootless existence, while Kasie (Tiffany Chu) suffers through a difficult relationship and her demeaning job at a night club. Chon and his stars create fully realized and challenging characters, while the film depicts the Koreatown setting with an evocative style reminiscent of the films of Wong Kar-wai.
DIRECTED BY: Justin Chon. WRITTEN BY: Justin Chon, Chris Dinh. WITH: Tiffany Chu, Teddy Lee, Octavio Pizano, James Kang. 2019. 87 min. USA. Color. Scope. English, Korean. DCP.
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