Spa Night
First screened in September 2016
Director: Andrew Ahn. Cast: Joe Seo, Cho Youn Ho, Haerry Kim, Song Tae, Chung Ho Young, Linda Han, Eric Jeong, Janice Pak, Angie Kim, Esteban Andres Cruz, Park Sun, Kim Yong, Keira Kim, Collin Lim. Screenplay: Andrew Ahn.

Twitter Capsule: Where Beautiful Thing meets Tsai Ming-liang. Soft-spoken but sharp, ambitious, surprising. Appealing even when uneasy.

VOR:   Bold and rare as a tale of sexually questioning Asian American men. That it treats class, desire, religion and race so nimbly is a miracle.



Photo © 2016 Strand Releasing/Extraordinary Renditions

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B+


Awards:
Toronto Film Festival: Best Canadian Feature Film

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