Focus on Cambodia
Happy Ending
Followed by Q&A
Synopsis:
Like thousands of Asian women seeking a better life for their family, Chenda leaves Cambodia to work in a massage parlor in America. Isolated and without resources, she learns the hard way that her paycheck implies more than a simple massage. But Chenda carries a dark secret that she only shares with her doll... Happy Ending is a neo-noir movie that explores the somber world of an illicit massage parlor through the eyes of a young female immigrant already struggling with grief. How will she react when she is pushed to the brink? Her story is one of revenge. Only because fiction, less brutal than real life, allows us to empower our anti-heroin, offering her a happier closure than reality does.
Schedule
Nov 17, 2024 @ 02:00 PM
Director
Elodie Yung
Elodie Yung is a French-Cambodian actress raised in the projects of Seine Saint Denis, a suburb of Paris, by her Cambodian father (a political refugee) and her French mother. Elodie graduated with a law degree from University of La Sorbonne in Paris. She then decided to study acting at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in England. Elodie is best known as the star of Fox's ‘The Cleaning Lady’ and for portraying Elektra Natchios in MCU Netflix series ‘Daredevil’ and ‘The Defenders’. Her other credits include ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’, ‘Gods of Egypt’ and ‘The Hitman's Bodyguard’. Happy Ending is her directorial debut.
Credits
Director:
Elodie Yung
Producers:
Marie Jamora
Jonathan Howard
Jason McLagan
Cinematography:
Alan Caudillo
Editing:
Yu Jung Hou
Cast:
Lee Byung-hun
Park Bo-young
Park Seo-jun
Screenwriters:
Elodie Yung
Jonathan Howard
Sound:
Kristen Hirlinger
Matthew Keene Smith
Olary Yim
Elodie Yung
17 min | Drama | 2023 | USA, Cambodia | English | w/ Q&A
