Starring Jerry as Himself

Starring Jerry as Himself

Sinopse

Jerry, an ordinary immigrant dad, retired in Orlando, is recruited to be an undercover agent for the Chinese police. Jerry’s family recreates the events on film and his three sons discover a darker truth. True crime meets spy thriller in this genre-bending docufiction hybrid about an immigrant’s search for the American dream. A Slamdance Film Festival Grand Jury and Audience Award winner.

  • 6.0
  • 2024
  • Released
  • 1h 15m
Status

Released

Original Language

en

Keywords
  • #china
  • #undercover
  • #spy
  • #blackmail
  • #family
  • #secret police
  • #lies

Reviews

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@Brent_Marchant9 months ago

I’m all one for experimental cinema, but, in the end, the experiment has to work. Unfortunately, however, that’s where this debut feature from writer-director Law Chen (primarily the creator of film shorts and music videos) sorely misses the mark. Based on a true story whose very soundness is somewhat called into question (as demonstrably observed in the picture’s opening credits), this “fictional

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