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RUNTIME
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Tight 18-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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According to My Mother
"Furiously sad, furiously funny"
2016 0h 18m EN
DramaComedy
Synopsis
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After the death of his beloved aunt, Daniel, a gay, struggling actor, visits Esther, his devout Christian, Korean mother. Despite their differences, they try to heal together. But old habits die hard.
“Furiously sad, furiously funny”
Cast
Daniel K. Isaac
Daniel
Alexis Rhee
Esther
Adriana DeGirolami
Latina
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Cathy Yan
- Writers
- Daniel K. Isaac, Cathy Yan
- Languages
- English, French, Korean
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The take
Cathy Yan directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Dialogue in English, French, Korean.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 18-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2Shot for just $0.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 3Released 10 years ago.
- 4Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, French, Korean.
- 5Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 6Daniel K. Isaac and Alexis Rhee and Adriana DeGirolami carry the top of the cast.
- 7Marketing tagline: "Furiously sad, furiously funny".
- 8IMDB entry: tt4874494 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 18 min · 0h 18m
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $20,000
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Cathy Yan
Key crew
- CinematographySheldon Chau
- ProducerDevin Landin
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2016-10-05
