Pretty Rosebud

Friday, October 24, 2014 | 9:00PM
Bright Family Screening Room, The Paramount Center
559 Washington Street, Boston MA
(T: Park Street, Downtown Crossing, or Boylston)

2014 | 81 mins | USA/Canada | Drama | Fillipino/Chinese
Directed by Oscar Torre
Contains mature content. Viewers' discretion is advised.

Everyone thinks career woman Cissy has an ideal life – except Cissy. Striving to be the “good girl” at home and at work, has left her on the verge of a breakdown. Her childless marriage to a handsome architect has gone stale, while questions about babies pepper every well-meaning conversation with family and friends. The cultural abyss dividing Cissy and her traditional Asian parents drives her to rebel against expectations and defy societal taboos... awakening something so primal it is both shocking and revelatory.  

• Idyllwild International Film Festival: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, 
  

Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography

• Action on Film International Film Festival: Best Drama, Best Performance of an Actor, Male or Female
  

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Director Bio: Oscar Torre
After years as an actor in film, television and on stage, Torre makes his directorial debut with the feature film Pretty Rosebud. Oscar is best known to audiences starring in the Lionsgate films Ladron Que Roba a Ladron and Counterpunch, and in Warner Bros' Hangover III, directed by Todd Phillips.   

Chuti Tiu:
Award-winning screenwriter/actress Chuti Tiu made her writing debut with the film Pretty Rosebud. After years of working in television and film, Tiu was frustrated by the stereotypical portrayal of Asians in mainstream media and was motivated to write a film that reflected a more accurate and layered depiction of Asian-American culture.

 

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