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Golden Delicious (2022)

Golden Delicious poster
Directed by
Jason Karman
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 59m
Rated
12
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Chinese Canadian teenager named Jake joins his school basketball team to get closer to a male classmate he has a crush on. He must balance his feelings with the expectations of his family.

coming-of-ageromanticlightheartedintrospectivegentlehopefulquietfamily-oriented

What happens

Golden Delicious is a Canadian coming-of-age drama film, directed by Jason Karman and released in 2022. The film stars Cardi Wong as Jake, a Chinese Canadian teenager who must confront the expectations of his family when he joins the school basketball team in a bid to get closer to his classmate Aleks (Chris Carson), with whom he has fallen in love. The cast also includes Parmiss Sehat, Ryan Mah, Leeah Wong, Claudia Kai, Jesse Hyde, Hunter Dillon, Zavien Garrett, Jeff Joseph, Kameron Louangxay, Cole Howard and David Kaye. The film premiered in the Northern Lights program at the 2022 Vancouver International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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