Korean-born writer-director Gina Kim's erotic drama uses overheated melodramatic cliches to explore the pressures of cross-cultural marriage.
New York–area housewife Sophie (Vera Farmiga), the living embodiment of blond-haired, blue-eyed, porcelain-skinned perfection, has never felt out of place in the wealthy, devoutly religious, high-achieving family of handsome Korean-American lawyer Andrew (David McInnis). But her father-in-law's death triggers a crisis in her marriage: She and Andrew have been unable to have children, and relentless pressure to carry on the family name drives him to attempt suicide. After multiple visits to an upscale fertility clinic...
Released:
2007
Rated:
NR
Length:
90 mins