TCFF: Rosemead

Synopsis: Filmmakers in attendance! Q&A to follow screening! An ailing woman is stricken by the discovery of her teenage son’s violent obsessions and must go to great lengths to protect him, and possibly others, in this portrait of a Chinese American family. Starring Lucy Liu in a "transformative, revelatory" performance, Rosemead premiered at Tribeca, won Bentonville's Best Narrative Feature Award, and will make its international premiere at Locarno's Piazza Grande. Inspired by true events. CONTENT WARNING: Bullying, Suicide, Violence, Mental Illness