Underplayed Gems

Fruit Fly (2009)

Fruit Fly poster
Directed by
H.P. Mendoza
Genre
musical film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
4.4 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Filipino American woman moves to San Francisco looking for her biological mother and finds herself living with a group of quirky artists and performers. As she explores her new city and relationships, the story unfolds through song and dance.

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What happens

Fruit Fly is a 2009 musical film with gay and Asian-American themes, directed by H.P. Mendoza, who wrote the screenplay for Colma The Musical (2007). The film, made entirely in San Francisco, premiered on March 15, 2009, at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco. It had a limited one-week run in New York on September 24, 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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