Pali Road

Pali Road
Pali Road
	Pali Road Chinese Theatrical Poster
Directed by	Jonathan Lim
Written by	Doc Pedrolie; Victoria Arch;
Produced by	Daxing Zhang; Cathy Lee; Kenneth Burke; Jonathan Lim;
Starring	Michelle Chen; Jackson Rathbone; Sung Kang; Henry Ian Cusick;
Cinematography	Quyen Tran
Edited by	Jason Schmid
Music by	Jeff Marsh
Production; companies	Crimson Forest Entertainment; Cuixing Media Group; Island Film Group; Dadi Film; China Film Assist;
Release dates	November 16, 2015 (Hawaii Film Festival); November 25, 2016 (China);
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	United States; China;
Language	English

Pali Road is a 2015 romantic mystery thriller film directed by Jonathan Lim, starring Michelle Chen as a young doctor who finds herself in a completely unfamiliar life after waking up from a car accident.^[1] The film co-stars Jackson Rathbone, Sung Kang and Henry Ian Cusick.

It was filmed in early 2015 on Oahu, Hawaii.^[2] The film had its world premier at the Hawaii International Film Festival in November 2015, where it was nominated for the Halekulani Golden Orchid Award for Best Feature Narrative.^[3]

The film earned an honorable mention for Best Feature Film at CAAMFest and was nominated for the Grand Jury Award for Best Feature Film at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. It won the Best Supporting Actress award for Elizabeth Sung and Best New Director award for Jonathan Lim at the 12th Chinese American Film Festival.^[4]

The film had its U.S. theatrical release in major cities on April 29. It was released in China on November 25, 2016.^[5]

Synopsis

Lily (Michelle Chen), a young doctor, wakes up from a car accident and discovers she is living a completely different life. Now married to her boyfriend's rival, Dr. Mitch Kayne (Sung Kang), and a mother to a 5-year-old son, she has an established life she remembers nothing about.

Everyone around her denies that her boyfriend Neil (Jackson Rathbone) ever existed. As Lily begins to doubt her own sanity, memories of Neil resurface, causing unexplainable incidents. While desperately searching for the truth of her past life, she questions her entire existence.

Cast

Michelle Chen as Lily Zhang
Jackson Rathbone as Neil Lang
Sung Kang as Mitch Kayne
Henry Ian Cusick as Tim Young
Tzi Ma as Mr. Zhang
Elizabeth Sung as Mrs. Zhang
Lauren Sweetser as Amy Stole
Maddox Lim as James Kayne

References

^ Frater, Patrick (2015-05-14). "Cannes: Taiwan's Michelle Chen Stars in Arclight's 'Pali Road'". Variety.
^ "Mystery-thriller 'Pali Road' wraps filming on Oahu". KHON-TV. 2015-02-13.
^ "Pali Road — 2015 HIFF Fall Festival". Hawaii International Film Festival.
^ "第十二屆中美電影節星光熠熠——開幕式暨金天使獎頒獎典禮耀動洛城". cafilmfestival.org. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
^ "夏威夷之恋（2016）". cbooo.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved November 25, 2016.

External links

[1] Frater, Patrick (2015-05-14). "Cannes: Taiwan's Michelle Chen Stars in Arclight's 'Pali Road'". Variety.

[2] "Mystery-thriller 'Pali Road' wraps filming on Oahu". KHON-TV. 2015-02-13.

[3] "Pali Road — 2015 HIFF Fall Festival". Hawaii International Film Festival.

[4] "第十二屆中美電影節星光熠熠——開幕式暨金天使獎頒獎典禮耀動洛城". cafilmfestival.org. Retrieved 2017-05-15.

[5] "夏威夷之恋（2016）". cbooo.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved November 25, 2016.

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