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Quentin Lee (writer)
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Sometimes the only way out is to break in
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Kicked out of his house because he's gay, Ethan Mao returns home to steal and ends up holding his family hostage on a fateful Thanksgiving Day. full summary | add synopsis
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Gay
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Thanksgiving
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Hostage
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Gun
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Porn Magazine
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1 win
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Jun Hee Lee | ... | Ethan Mao |
 | Raymond Ma | ... | Abraham Mao |
 | Julia Nickson | ... | Sarah Mao |
| Kevin Kleinberg | ... | Josh |
| Jerry Hernandez | ... | Remigio |
 | David Tran | ... | Noel Mao |
| Mary Gilbert | ... | Mrs. Harvisham |
| René St. Leon | ... | Teenage Boy |
 | Jayne Taini | ... | Waitress |
| Erik Robinson | ... | Rich Man |
| Gregory Paul Daniels | ... | Unseen Man |
| Dana Pan | ... | Ethan's Mom |
| Michael Mesirow | ... | Voice of Sheriff Black |
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87 min
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Featured in 2006 Glitter Awards (2006) (V)
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I would say this is one of the best gay, Asian love stories ever made, but it isn't. It's just a great film whose lead characters happen to be gay hustlers. As their families have abandoned them, they have to use whatever is at hand to survive. At first, there seems to be no reason for their relationship, and the whole self sacrificing nature of Romeo seem too over the top. Only it soon becomes clear what is really going on. But the great strength of the film is it is about the effect parents violence and coldness affects children, often manifesting itself in dangerous and self destructive ways. At the end, realizing what a beautiful film the director had crafted, I would have to say it is one of the best independent gay American films ever made. But I have always been a sucker for a romance in disguise