20 minutes. One impossible choice. Your heart won't survive the credits.
A young man tries to provide a future for his brother and reconcile his conscience with the harsh reality of the world in which he lives.
Acting
Justin Chon simmers with impossible choices in every frame.
Direction
II Cho packs a feature's worth of dread into 20 minutes.
Director
II Cho
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Justin Chon later directed 'Gook' and 'Blue Bayou,' making Jin an early glimpse of his fascination with Korean-American identity under pressure.
The film quietly critiques the model minority myth — Jin isn't failing because he's lazy, but because the 'legitimate' path was never truly open to him.
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