Four Chinese Americans must navigate their future as dictated by the circumstances of life and their families in Graduation, a funny and bittersweet 6-minute short film from writer-director Robin Wang.
Produced with help from the University of Southern California, the film stars Todd Lien and Dylan J. Locke as Caleb and Wizz, two students who are deeply in love, but keeping their relationship a secret from their conservative Chinese parents.
After a dinner celebrating Wizz’s graduation, the boys excuse themselves, telling Wizz’s mother and Caleb’s father that they’re leaving to see a movie. Truthfully, they go off to spend some romantic time together before Wizz leaves for Shanghai and the two are forced to part ways.
When they oversleep and wake up in their car, they believe it will spell their doom – not knowing that their wistful single parents are up to some shenanigans of their own back at Caleb’s father’s house.
Watch a short teaser trailer for Graduation below. The full short film is now streaming on Dekkoo.
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