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Yellow (1998)

Yellow poster
Directed by
Chris Chan Lee
Genre
comedy, drama, romance
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of Korean American high school friends in Los Angeles go through a wild night before graduation. The movie follows them as they deal with their last hours of teenage freedom and the uncertain future ahead.

bittersweetfranticmelancholicnostalgicyouthfulslightly chaoticgroundedintrospective

What happens

Yellow is an American 1997 comedy drama film directed by Chris Chan Lee. The film follows eight Korean–American youths in Los Angeles over the course of a wild night before their high school graduation. The film stars an ensemble cast including Michael Chung, John Cho, Burt Bulos, Jason Tobin, and Lela Lee. The film had its world premiere at the 15th CAAMFest (San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival) in San Francisco in 1997. Yellow was invited to screen at a variety of film festivals, including the Los Angeles Film Festival, the Singapore International Film Festival and the Slamdance Film Festival. The film received U.S. distribution through Phaedra Cinema and was given a limited release on May 29, 1998. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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