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Wide-Eyed

In an awkward attempt to meet the ideal western standards of beauty, Julie, a 16-year-old Korean-Canadian, obsesses about double eyelid surgery. Her tomboy sister Jean is fascinated yet repulsed by her older sister’s serious body-image issues. Neither of them can come to any entirely comfortable sort of compromise on the right way to love each other, or themselves. Selected screenings: International Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany; Visual Communications, LA, California; Giffoni Film Festival, Salerno, Italy.

Film Maker
Kim, Jane
Year
2000
Country
Canada
Length
9
Category
Asian, body, Childhood, Families, media studies, Race + Ethnicity, Work about Women, Work by Women, Youth
Genre
narrative