Half-Life (film)
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| Directed by | Jennifer Phang |
| Written by | Jennifer Phang |
| Produced by | Alan T. Chan Reuben Lim Robert Zimmer Jr. |
| Starring | Sanoe Lake Leonardo Nam Julia Nickson Lee Marks Ben Redgrave Susan Ruttan James Eckhouse Alexander Agate |
| Cinematography | Aasulv Wolf Austad |
| Edited by | Gloria Vela Harry Yoon Kristian Hansen |
| Music by | Michael S. Patterson |
Production companies | Fade to Blue Films Mark E. Lee Productions Lane Street Pictures |
| Distributed by | Visit Films |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Half-Life is a 2008 American
Plot
Set in the near future amidst accelerating global cataclysms, the film follows a troubled young boy, Tim Wu (Agate), and his jaded older sister, Pam (Lake) as they use their imaginations (depicted as surreal animated sequences) to escape their broken lives after their airplane pilot father suddenly and unexpectedly abandons them. Their mother Saura (Nickson-Soul) struggles to make ends meet and move on with her life while involved with her manipulative boyfriend, Wendell (Redgrave). Pam, who works cleaning airplanes, seeks solace in her friend Scott (Nam), who struggles to be accepted as gay by his willfully ignorant, and staunchly Christian, adoptive parents (Eckhouse and Ruttan). Meanwhile, Tim's schoolteacher and Scott's lover, Jonah (Marks), attempts to reach out to Tim.
Awards
The film has won the Gen Art Acura Grand Jury Prize 2008, the Asian American International Film Festival Best Feature Film Award, the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival Best Narrative Feature Award, and the Visionary Award at Calgary's Fairy Tales International. It was also nominated for the Tokyo Grand Prix at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
External links
- Half-Life at IMDb
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