“Get Out” meets high school in a reverse twist where a young Asian teen is willing to die to turn white. Body horror film “Leaning“Written and directed by Amy WangStars “Dìdi” breakout Shirley Chen like Joan Huang, an insecure Chinese-American teenager who chooses to undergo an experimental trans-rash surgery to be white to secure their chances of winning the Queen. McKenna Grace Plays the transformed Joan Huang.
The official synopsis reads: “As a senior in high school, Joan Huang (Chen) idolizes to win the Queen as the embodiment of popularity, beauty and the ultimate form of acceptance in American life. In her relentless pursuit of the crown, she undergoes an experimental racial transformation to become white and win the Queen. But what she thought was a dream that would soon become reality reveals herself to be an emotional and physical nightmare. ”
The film is invoiced as a “searing and unapologetically satirical view of race and the uncomfortable journey to learn to love yourself and your culture.” “Never have I ever” actress Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Vivian Wu, Amelie Zilber, Fang du, Elaine Hendrix and Keith Harris co -star. “Lutted” is premiere at this year’s SXSW.
Wang has directed episodes of Starz’s “Blindspotting” and Facebook’s “The Birch”, after winning a Cannes Lion Prize for its short “unnatural” 2018. She was Previously sat to pen “Crazy Rich Asians” film Before the concept was reused to be a TV series. Wang, Mark Ankner, Trevor Wall and Adel “Future” Nur produces the film, with Hannah Pillemer and Fernando Szew Executive Proding.
In a press release, Wang explained why “Slanted” is a personal directing debut. “I’ve always been aware that I looked different. One of my first memories from racism happened in Sydney Botanical Gardens when I was 8 years old. I was there with my parents watching native Australian flowers. I remembered that it was a hot day and my mom had one of these parasols Asian women love to use to protect themselves from the sun. As we walked around, we were suddenly contacted by a white middle -aged man. He started following us and whispered hostile things like “going back to China” and “We don’t want you people here,” Wang said of being raised in Australia.
She added, “I remembered that I felt peeled off by my dignity. The feeling was so overwhelming that I can still remember the emotional intensity so many years later. I felt that I was violating someone else’s home and I had to ask permission to stay. After the experience, I began to form this mentality that if I did everything right, if I learned English to perfection and threw every ounce of my Chinese identity, maybe … just maybe I would be welcomed. “
She continued, “I tried to throw every part of myself that I thought would give away the secret that I was actually Asian. But I soon realized that none of it mattered because there would always be one thing I couldn’t change – my face. Racism against Asian people has always been present. It may not always have been a violent form of racism, but it has permeated society for as long as I can remember. It is a racism that makes you question your identity. It is a racism that makes you hate who you are and your own culture. It is a racism that feeds on shame and movement. My first feature film, ‘Slanted’, in his heart is about a Chinese girl who just wants to feel accepted as an American. This is a deeply personal film that digs into your insecurities and reveals the twisted reality of a crackled identity. I have made this movie in the hope that by revealing my wounds as a Chinese Australian woman, I can help others heal their own self -doubt. ”
“Slanted” premieres March 8 at SXSW as a sales title from Mountain Top Pictures. Check out the first look pictures below.
