She flew 7,000 miles to meet a stranger who gave her away. No script prepares you for this.
A teenage Chinese-American adoptee flies to China to meet her birth mother.
Acting
Zoë Kim's silences speak entire immigration histories.
Cinematography
China shot like a memory you can't fully access.
Writing
Dialogue so real you'll eavesdrop guiltily.
Director
Youwen Ma
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made by Chinese-American adoptee filmmaker Youwen Ma; cast includes multiple actors playing Katie at different ages to fracture linear identity.
The title's cruel double meaning: no returns on plane tickets, no returns on children given up.
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