A bipolar mobster holds your American dream hostage—welcome to immigrant limbo.
LEI and WONG clandestinely arrive to Ecuador, on their way to the port city of Guayaquil. From here LEI plans to continue her journey to New York, but CHANG, a bipolar mobster will decide her fate. WONG unwillingly gets entangled in the web of corruption that operates the encroachment of Chinese immigrants. His only objective is to bring his twelve-year-old son from China.
Acting
Mend Day Min's Chang: terrifying charm, unpredictable as weather.
Cinematography
Guayaquil's port humidity practically steams off the screen.
Direction
Venegas lets desperation breathe in real time.
Director
Paúl Venegas
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of the few films addressing Chinese-Latin American migration routes, a real phenomenon rarely depicted on screen.
The 'korean' keyword is a red herring—director Venegas originally developed this as a Korean-Uruguayan co-production before budget forced relocation to Ecuador.
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