Getting beat up for citizenship? Now that's what I call commitment to the bit.
Faced with deportation at the end of his work permit, an Asian employee tries to get hate-crimed to secure a green card.
Writing
The premise shouldn't work. It absolutely does. Evil genius.
Acting
Ting's desperate optimism vs. Gionis's reluctant brutality.
Direction
Tran packs a feature's worth of satire into 16 tight minutes.
Director
Chi Tran
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film weaponizes the 'model minority' stereotype against itself — Kevin's politeness becomes his trap, forcing him to perform vulnerability for state recognition.
Chi Tran reportedly developed this after watching peers in visa limbo joke darkly about 'needing a trauma' for asylum cases; the comedy emerged from genuine community despair.
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