A father's bizarre tale of spy intrigue becomes a surreal, genre-defying documentary starring the man himself in a deeply personal exploration of identity and family dreams
beat sheet
The film's director Law Chen was inspired to cast Jerry, the subject of the documentary, when he realized Jerry reminded him of his own father - setting the stage for a unique, meta-fictional hybrid film
Jerry, a retired civil engineer, had secretly harbored dreams of becoming an actor and writer, and saw this documentary as an opportunity to finally tell his story and reclaim his narrative of a traumatic, defining moment in his life
call sheet
Jerry Hsu, Jonathan Hsu, Law Chen, Haosong Yang, Nicholas Bailey, Yoni Lotan, Fang Du, Tinx Chan, Eric Holljes, Chase bank, Starring Jerry as Himself