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Front Cover (2015)

Front Cover poster
Directed by
Ray Yeung
Genre
drama film, comedy film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
12
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 24 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An openly gay New York fashion stylist who pushes away his Asian heritage is assigned to style a famous actor from Beijing for a photo shoot. They clash at first but start to connect.

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What happens

Front Cover is a 2015 American romantic comedy-drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Ray Yeung. It stars Jake Choi and James Chen, with Elizabeth Sung, Ming Lee, Jennifer Neala Page, Sonia Villani, and Li Jun Li in supporting roles. It follows an openly gay New York City fashion stylist who, rejecting his traditional Asian upbringing, is assigned to style a famous Beijing actor for an important photo shoot for his firm. The film had its world premiere at the Seattle International Film Festival on May 28, 2015, and was given a limited theatrical release in the United States on August 6, 2016, by Strand Releasing. It received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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