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Aug 7, 2019 · Filmmaker Maegan Houang latest short film, "In Full Bloom," is a surrealist exploration of grief and the black hole that it leaves in our lives.
- Amy Lam
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 ...
However, it wasn’t until Houang took a crack at “Happy” off of Mitski‘s album Puberty 2 that she really hit it big. Set in the unspecified past, “Happy” tells the story of a wife who suspects that her American husband is cheating on her. Unfortunately, as she soon comes to find out, things are much, much worse than she initially thinks.
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.
Jul 2, 2019 · This is an impressive little short without any dialogue and striking visuals. "The film explores coping after the death of a partner, which often leads to unresolved trauma and severe mental...
Jun 27, 2019 · Maegan Houang Weaves an Alluringly Surreal Tale of Memory & Loss in Fantasy Short ‘In Full Bloom’. 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.
Houang’s perceptive approach sheds light on the unique circumstances that affect Vietnamese Americans, particularly older individuals within the community. The story is partially inspired by her grandfather’s severe dementia, and inability to remember that his wife (Maegan’s grandmother) had died, frequently asking where she was in the ...
