Adultolescence(2011)
She was the disowned daughter who refused to leave home.
Award-winning dramedy Adultolescence follows Lea May, a Chinese-American woman who returns home after being disowned. Trapped behind her own camera lens, she battles cultural pressure and family tensions while refusing to leave until she makes peace with her immigrant mother— and herself.
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