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Tze Chun’s “fine feature debut” (NY Times) is by turns humorous and heartbreaking, an "urgent, artful" (Variety) film about two children who fend for themselves when their mother gets hooked by a pyramid scheme and disappears. 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
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Tze Chun makes a “fine feature debut” (NY Times) with this award-winning Sundance 2009 film. After being evicted, hardworking single mom Elaine Cheng tries to maintain a normal life for her children, Raymond and Tina. Elaine juggles a number of jobs, including working for a questionable pyramid scheme. When Elaine doesn’t return home one night, nobody knows the kids are home alone, and they are left to fend for themselves. As the days pass, Raymond, a budding inventor, realizes he needs to come up with a plan to take care of his little sister. Featuring “gifted child actors” (LA Weekly), CHILDREN OF INVENTION is “urgent, artful, austerely poetic" (Variety) and "a rueful homage to American dreams both wonderful and warped" (Village Voice).
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Tze Chun makes a “fine feature debut” (NY Times) with one of the most-awarded and best-reviewed films of the year.
After being evicted, hardworking single mom Elaine Cheng tries to maintain a normal life for her children, Raymond and Tina. Elaine juggles a number of jobs, including working for a questionable pyramid scheme. When Elaine doesn’t return home one night, nobody knows the kids are home alone, and they are left to fend for themselves. As the days pass, Raymond, a budding inventor, realizes he needs to come up with a plan to take care of his little sister.
Premiering at Sundance 2009 and referencing the mortgage meltdown and suburban Ponzi schemes, CHILDREN OF INVENTION is “urgent, artful, austerely poetic" (Variety). Featuring “gifted child actors--off-the-charts cute” (LA Weekly), the film is "a rueful homage to American dreams both wonderful and warped" (Village Voice).
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One of Filmmaker Magazine’s "25 New Faces of Independent Film," Tze Chun makes his feature film debut with one of the most-awarded and best-reviewed films of the year. CHILDREN OF INVENTION, a selection of Sundance 2009, is a “fine feature debut” (NY Times), "urgent, artful, and austerely poetic" (Variety).
After being evicted, hardworking single mom Elaine Cheng tries to maintain a normal life for her children, Raymond and Tina. Elaine juggles a number of jobs, including working for a questionable pyramid scheme. When Elaine doesn’t return home one night, nobody knows the kids are home alone, and they are left to fend for themselves. As the days pass, Raymond, a budding inventor, realizes he needs to come up with a plan to take care of his little sister.
Referencing both the mortgage meltdown and suburban Ponzi schemes, “the film finds delicate moments of beauty and grace as its child heroes are forced to make their way” (Filmmaker Magazine). Featuring “gifted child actors--off-the-charts cute” (LA Weekly), CHILDREN OF INVENTION is "as close to cinematic purity as one is likely to see this year" (Film Society of Lincoln Center), "a rueful homage to American dreams both wonderful and warped" (Village Voice).
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