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Details

Union:

Union or Non union

Area of media:

Short Film

Network:

Paid?:

Yes

Deadline:

Nov 25, 2024

Shooting starts:

Mar 17, 2025 outside dates

Shooting finishes:

Mar 31, 2025 outside dates

Shooting locations:

Vietnam

Cities for response:

Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montréal, Ottawa, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Charlottetown, St. John's, Sudbury, Kelowna

Roles

Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Lead	Le (Nguyen Hoa Le)	Female 20 - 26 Years old
Description Ethnicity: Vietnamese Language: First language Vietnamese, will learn English in the story so has an accent A young, impressionable woman with a budding sense of self, who is beginning to learn the world is much larger and deceiving than she understands. Daughter to a family of durian farmers. She has a deep connection to nature, almost an inherited trait passed down from her late mother. Can evoke both innocence and menace at the turn of a switch.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Lead	Hieu (Tran Hieu)	Male 30 - 45 Years old
Description Ethnicity: Vietnamese Language: Strong Vietnamese and English A Vietnamese man who now lives in Canada working as a physician. Son of a successful military general and a singer mother. He lost his father at a young age, resulting in a complex relationship with his mother and his own notions of manhood. He comes off as a gentle and cultured gentleman, but underneath is a wavering, lonely inner self desperately seeking love and respect. He is drawn to Le’s seemingly untarnished approach to life.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Supporting	Ba	Male 50 - 60 Years old
Description Ethnicity: Vietnamese Language: Vietnamese Le’s father, a soft spoken, kind, hard working, and simple-minded man Appearance: rugged, tan, and honest looking
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Supporting	Young Ngoc/Má (Nguyen Ngoc Le)	Female 17 - 25 Years old
Description Ethnicity: Vietnamese Language: Vietnamese Le’s mother, naive, loyal, trustworthy, and obedient to her family. Only appears as younger version of herself in a flashback. Appearance: pretty but in a more natural, homely kind of way
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Supporting	Bà Ngoai cua Le (Le’s Maternal Grandmother)	Female 30 - 38 Years old
Description Ethnicity: Vietnamese Language: Vietnamese Only appears as younger version of herself in a flashback.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Supporting	Marriage Broker	Male 40 - 55 Years old
Description Ethnicity: Vietnamese Language: Vietnamese Suave, snake-oil salesman-type who seems shallow on the surface, but is deeply clever and street smart. He is proud of the work he does matching couples, in the same way an experienced Wall Street Man is proud of his stocks. Appearance: Always immaculately dressed, a bit eccentric. Silver fox type with a waxed mustache.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	Cigarette Stand Aunty	Female 40 - 70 Years old
Description Ethnicity: Vietnamese Language: Vietnamese Street smart, jaded, sassy, but with a good heart and working class charm.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	Sister Ha (Su Cô Ha)	Female 40 - 55 Years old
Description Ethnicity: Vietnamese Language: Vietnamese 40-50s, female or non-binary
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	Officiant	Male 30 - 45 Years old
Description Ethnicity: Vietnamese Language: Vietnamese Appears in marriage broker ad
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	Cigarette Stand Aunty	Female 40 - 70 Years old
Description Ethnicity: Vietnamese Language: Vietnamese Street smart, jaded, sassy, but with a good heart and working class charm.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	Mai	Female 17 - 22 Years old
Description Ethnicity: Vietnamese Language: Vietnamese late teens, early 20s, female

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