The first feature film by Canadian director Andrew Chung has been presented in the program of this year’s CAAMFest. Andrew Chung alias Andrew C is responsible also for the screenplay and production of the film. “White Elephant” is on some formal aspects a bit unhandy. But on an emotional level, a genuine coming of age drama.
The protagonist of the film is the young high school student Pooja. She has been born in Canada, but has Indian roots. Set in 1996, the film depicts the insecurities of the teenager and her friends through some popular films of the time such as “Romeo + Juliet” by Baz Luhrmann. Pooja dreams to take the role of the heroine and her crash Trevor to be her Romeo. Unfortunately, Trevor is a white boy. He and his friends don’t even think of mingling with Pooja and her friends, all of Indian descent. In fact,...
The protagonist of the film is the young high school student Pooja. She has been born in Canada, but has Indian roots. Set in 1996, the film depicts the insecurities of the teenager and her friends through some popular films of the time such as “Romeo + Juliet” by Baz Luhrmann. Pooja dreams to take the role of the heroine and her crash Trevor to be her Romeo. Unfortunately, Trevor is a white boy. He and his friends don’t even think of mingling with Pooja and her friends, all of Indian descent. In fact,...
- 5/10/2021
- by Teresa Vena
- AsianMoviePulse
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