15 minutes to break your heart and rebuild it prouder.
Torn between the 'perfect' daughter that her strict traditional family believes her to be and the open-minded free spirit that she is, a second-generation Filipino-American must make a move to declare her identity.
Acting
Leyco's micro-expressions carry entire lifetimes of suppression.
Direction
Economical storytelling—every frame earns its keep.
Director
Rachel Leyco
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Rachel Leyco made this as her USC thesis—proving student films can out-emotion most studio dramas.
The title's deliberate lowercase 'b' in 'bicultural' mirrors Grace's own diminishment—neither fully capitalized culture claims her.
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