Requiem (1995 film)

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Requiem
Directed by Elizabeth Sung
Produced by Mel M. Metcalfe III
Written by Peter Tulipan
Starring Tamlyn Tomita

Chris Tashima
Brenda Song
Binh Nguyen

Music by Christopher Franke
Joel Iwataki
Cinematography Lawrence Schweich
Editing by Clarinda Wong
Distributed by AFI
Release date(s) 1995
Running time 30 min.
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
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Requiem (1995) is a narrative short film directed by actress Elizabeth Sung, made in the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women. Based on Sung's childhood in Hong Kong and her journey to New York City as a ballet student, it tells the story of a struggling dancer who loses a brother to AIDS.

The film won a CINE Golden Eagle Award in 1996.[1]

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[edit] Plot Outline

A waitress/dancer remembers her loving brother and their bittersweet childhood in Hong Kong.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Trivia

  • This was Brenda Song's first film role. She was discovered at age 7 by casting directors Pat Melton and Paul Bens, to play Sung as a young child in Hong Kong.
  • The screenplay was written by Sung's husband.
  • Sung's acting teacher, Sanford Meisner, has a cameo appearance in the film.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ 1996 Awards CINE. Accessed 2008-02-27.

[edit] External links

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