Requiem (1995 film)

Infobox Film
name = Requiem


caption =
director = Elizabeth Sung
producer = Mel M. Metcalfe III
writer = Peter Tulipan
starring = Tamlyn Tomita
Chris Tashima
Brenda Song
Binh Nguyen
narrator =
music = Christopher Franke
Joel Iwataki
cinematography = Lawrence Schweich
editing = Clarinda Wong
distributor = AFI
released = 1995
runtime = 30 min.
country = USA
language = English
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0114271

"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. [ [http://www.cine.org/directories/1996-CINE-Winner-Directory.pdf 1996 Awards] "CINE". Accessed 2008-02-27.]

Plot Outline

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

Cast

*Tamlyn Tomita as "Fong"
*Chris Tashima as "Philip"
*Brenda Song as "Young Fong"
*Binh Nguyen as "Young Philip"
*Dana Lee as "Father"
*Elizabeth Sung as "Mother"
*Mary Chen as "Hong Kong Teacher"
*Revel Paul as "New York Teacher"
*Malcolm Moorman as "Boyfriend"

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.

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External links

*imdb title|id=0114271|title=Requiem