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Caledonia Abbey and Legyaan Thapa in ‘Softshell’ Softshell Movie The opening scene of Jinho Myung’s debut feature Softshell starts at a Buddhist Thai temple in New York City, where Buddhist monks chant as visitors pray. Thai is spoken in the background, where you learn it’s a funeral for Thai American siblings Jamie (Caledonia Abbey) and Narin (Legyaan Thapa). The siblings don’t seem to be bothered by their mother’s passing, wondering if they’ve become desensitized by death, in hopes that maybe they’ll process the grief by the end of the film. Instead, the death of their mother is never resolved, as it just serves as backstory to a larger picture that didn’t make too much sense. Although life must go on after death, the siblings do their best by finding jobs – Jamie at the zoo and Narin at his jujitsu studio. The two characters are meant to be the focal point in the story, as there are moments of them staring into the camera to remind the viewers to pay attention to them. Shot on a grainy 16mm film, the story strongly reflects an experimental arthouse style, adding some graphics and animation via a video game to enhance the story. At one point, the siblings are talking about a group of white guys who look sickly and almost like snakes, then showing the guys staring at the camera as they transform into snakes. Even with its avant-garde nature, the story worked when the siblings were together – their thoughts, conversations, and interactions with family and friends – because we were looking through their lens. Caledonia Abbey in ‘Softshell’ Movie Softshell Movie From meeting the strange clerk in the hotel room to fishing with a Southern Asian adoptee named Ken (a real person, not an actor), it all worked because the…

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