Smoking Tigers
Watch TrailerSet in early-2000s SoCal, Smoking Tigers follows a Korean American girl as she navigates derision and growing tensions while balancing the duality of her low-income family and wealthy, elite high school environment.
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📋 Film Details
| Year | 2024 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Genre | Drama |
| Director | So Young Shelly Yo |
| Runtime | 91 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 5.4/10 (8 votes) |
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The film constructs a poignant portrait of adolescent duality through meticulous environmental storytelling. It relies on subtle contrasts between spaces to explore the psychological toll of code-switching, where the protagonist's identity becomes a performance tailored for each audience.
What lingers after the credits is not a plot point, but a specific, aching texture of memory—the feeling of being a perpetual guest in both worlds you call home. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: So Young Shelly Yo
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