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Jun 27, 2019 · The incredible sensitive 10-minute surrealist short film on this emotional topic, written and directed by Los Angeles based writer and director Maegan Houang, cuts a deep narrative about a Vietnamese immigrant overcoming the loss of her partner. After her husband’s death, Cecile becomes an agoraphobic hoarder, paradoxically practicing what ...
LAAPFF Short Film Review: “In Full Bloom” (2019), dir. Maegan Houang. Warning: Spoilers Below. Official film poster for In Full Bloom. Throughout her prolific career as a music video director, Los Angeles based filmmaker Maegan Houang has explored a wide range of dark fantasy topics with her uncompromising direction.
Aug 7, 2019 · In a conversation with VSCO, filmmaker Maegan Houang explains that “ In Full Bloom tells the story of Cecile, an elderly Vietnamese hoarder, whose life is upended when worms open a black hole in her house and threaten to take all her stuff.
Jun 27, 2019 · DN alum director Maegan Houang’s In Full Bloom tells a story of memory; an old woman living in her apartment becomes confronted by relics from her past, causing a void to manifest itself in the middle of her floor.
Really gorgeous depiction of isolation and personal history. Houang represents the complexities and traumas of immigrant identity in a visually appealing and thought provoking way.
In Full Bloom: Directed by Maegan Houang. With Kieu Chinh. In Full Bloom tells the story of Cecile, an older Vietnamese hoarder, whose life is upended when worms open a black hole in her house and threaten to take all her stuff.
Jun 26, 2019 · That’s what L.A.-based writer/director Meagan Houang has successfully accomplished with In Full Bloom, marrying a deliberate and specific exploration of a character crippled by loss, to a fantastical hi-concept, allowing her to make explicit the central metaphor of her story.
