9 minutes of Filipino mom guilt that'll destroy you then rebuild you stronger.
Sunny, a young Asian American woman with anger management issues, returns home to the San Gabriel Valley seeking respite from her recent career failures - but a simple grocery shopping trip with her mother may prove more than she can handle.
Acting
Princess Punzalan's mom energy is devastatingly accurate.
Writing
Dialogue that sounds like actual wiretapped Asian households.
Direction
Dela Merced weaponizes the grocery store as emotional battlefield.
Director
Jess Dela Merced
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
San Gabriel Valley setting is crucial—this is the epicenter of Asian American suburban identity, where ethnic enclaves create pressure cookers of competing expectations.
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