Yasmine Gomez is a producer, writer and director, whose credits include the Sundance-awarded “Advantageous” and “Basurero”. “Party Favor” is her latest work.
Party Favor is screening at New Filmmakers LA
Jen, a Filipino-American woman, comes out from a cafe with a friend, and then receives a call from someone she was drinking with the previous night, apparently being surprised by her behavior after the third shot, which she does not seem to remember at all. She then goes to a party at her sister's house, celebrating her nephew's first communion and his birthday. She stumbles upon her 14-year-old niece, Liz, saying goodbye to her boyfriend, while being chastised by her sister for missing the morning mass. An aunt is also quick to pass judgement for her not being married or having kids, establishing the patriarchal setting the protagonists inhabit, within their catholic Filipino family. The fact that in this rather...
Party Favor is screening at New Filmmakers LA
Jen, a Filipino-American woman, comes out from a cafe with a friend, and then receives a call from someone she was drinking with the previous night, apparently being surprised by her behavior after the third shot, which she does not seem to remember at all. She then goes to a party at her sister's house, celebrating her nephew's first communion and his birthday. She stumbles upon her 14-year-old niece, Liz, saying goodbye to her boyfriend, while being chastised by her sister for missing the morning mass. An aunt is also quick to pass judgement for her not being married or having kids, establishing the patriarchal setting the protagonists inhabit, within their catholic Filipino family. The fact that in this rather...
- 5/1/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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