19th New York Asian Film Festival

Aug 28 - Sep 12, 2020

Photo: © 2020 While Films Ltd.

East Coast Premiere

Heavy Craving

大餓

Available: Aug. 28 - Sept. 12, All USA

Limited seating

Ying-Juan is spunky, smart... and 230 pounds. She cooks at a preschool where the kids call her Ms. Dinosaur. Even her mom, who’s also her boss, constantly fat-shames her. But she just doesn’t give a damn… until an unwanted membership to a weight loss program and an encounter with two misfits prompt her to change and put her on an uphill path to self-acceptance, paved with crash diets and boot camp workouts. Pei-Ju Hsieh’s poignant debut cleverly flirts with screwball comedy conventions while embracing an unorthodox body positivity message, and ultimately delivers an uplifting, sobering moral.

Director: Hsieh Pei-ju
Cast: Lene Lai, William Hsieh, Chang En-wei, Yao Chang, Samantha Ko, Tsai Jia-yin
Languages: Mandarin with English subtitles
2019; 90 min.

SCHEDULE:

Saturday September 5, 3:45pm
Smart Cinema USA

Available: Aug. 28 - Sept. 12, All USA