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Americanese

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NR,1hr 48min
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August 10, 2007
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IFC First Take
Synopsis: Writer-director Eric Byler adapted his ensemble comedy-drama Americanese from Shawn Wong's bestselling 1995 roman American Knees. The film, like the novel, dramatizes the seriocomic, day-to-day experiences of a number of Asian American immigrants in the City of Angels. At the story's center is milquetoast-dull, middle-aged college professor and divorcé Raymond Ding (Chris Tashima) - so ineffectual that he barely seems to have control over the events that befall him, and so emotionally distant in ... Full Synopsis
Featured Cast
Raymond Ding
Aurora Crane
Brenda Nishitani
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