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Riceboy Sleeps

Riceboy Sleeps

20237.11h 57m

Overview

In the 1990s, an immigrant single mother raises her teenage son in the Canadian suburbs, determined to provide a better life for him than the one she left behind in South Korea.

Directed by Anthony Shim
Written by Anthony Shim
Produced by Anthony Shim, Rebecca Steele, Bryan Demore
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Top Cast

Choi Seung-yoon

Choi Seung-yoon

So-young

Ethan Hwang

Ethan Hwang

Dong-hyun

Dohyun Noel Hwang

Dohyun Noel Hwang

Child Dong-hyun

Anthony Shim

Anthony Shim

Simon

Hunter Dillon

Hunter Dillon

Harry

Jerina Son

Jerina Son

Mi-sun

K

Kang In-sung

Won-shik / In-shik

Choi Jong-ryul

Choi Jong-ryul

Grandpa

Lee Yong-nyeo

Lee Yong-nyeo

Grandma

Vanessa Przada

Vanessa Przada

Ashley

Themes & Keywords

immigrantcoming of ageracism1990smother son relationshipkoreankorean canadian

About Riceboy Sleeps

Riceboy Sleeps is a drama film released in 2023 exploring themes of immigrant, coming of age, racism, 1990s, mother son relationship, korean. Directed by Anthony Shim, it stars Choi Seung-yoon, Ethan Hwang, Dohyun Noel Hwang. In the 1990s, an immigrant single mother raises her teenage son in the Canadian suburbs, determined to provide a better life for him than the one she left behind in South Korea.

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