Two Lies (1990) — drama film. Directed by Pamela Tom. Starring Dian Kobayashi, Sala Iwamatsu, Marie Nakano, Joe Marinelli. This page maps 2 characters and 1 relationships between them as an interactive character network.
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A Chinese American family navigates cultural assimilation and personal identity through a mother's cosmetic surgery and her daughter's evolving perspective.
Drama · 8/10 · 25 min · 1990
Doris Chu, a recently divorced Chinese American woman, has plastic surgery to make her eyes rounder. From her teenage daughter Mei's perspective, her mother's two eyes equal two lies. When the family journeys to a desert resort during Doris' recuperation, a series of revelations and bitter confrontations erupt. This beautiful black and white drama is a poignant study of generational conflict and the struggle for identity in a world of hybrid cultures.
