Country
Singapore/ Indonesia/ USA Co-Production
Cast
Eric Mabius, Laura Ramsey, Will Yun Lee, Fernando Noriega, Luke Brandon Field, Elsa Pataky, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Jesse Garcia, Boris Lee Krutonog and Eric Avari
Synopsis
In her feature directorial debut "Where The Road Meets The Sun," Singaporean native Mun Chee Yong tells the story of four men whose lives intersect at a rundown
Hollywood hotel. Takashi, a Japanese hitman who wakes up from a four-year coma, moves to LA to escape mysterious traumatic memories. He strikes an unusual
friendship with Blake, the hotel manager who still mourns the loss of his wife to an affair he ended up regretting. Meanwhile, Julio, an illegal immigrant who works
at an Indian restaurant to provide for his wife and kid back in Mexico, befriends Guy, a young British backpacker who lives off his estranged father's ATM card and sleeps
with any girl who crosses his path. The film intercuts between the blossoming of these two friendships. Takashi attempts to help Blake break from his past, but in the process
is forced to confront his own violent memories. Julio and Guy hustle for day to day survival and forge dreams of a better future, but after Julio steals Guy's passport and sells
it for a grand, not only is their friendship at stake but also their lives. What follows are the at times wild and often gut-wrenching adventures of four men trying to survive
both emotionally and physically.
Dir's Bio
Mun Chee grew up in Singapore. At 18, she took her first plane ride, landing in London where she would spend the next three years studying monetary economics at the
London School of Economics on a scholarship while getting to know the world. She backpacked widely in Europe and in the Middle East, working on a goat farm where the sun never set,
in a cable factory, at a dishwashing conveyor belt, on a kibbutz. She then returned to Singapore and got a job as a broadcast journalist, covering social and political stories
in Asia. She co-created Extraordinary People, winner of an Asian TV Award for Best Documentary Series. Later, she moved to Los Angeles to study at the esteemed USC film school where
she focused on directing and also cinematography. She won a DGA student film award for her short film, 9:30. It also screened at over 50 festivals worldwide, including Deauville,
Edinburgh and Cannes "Tou Les Cinemas Du Monde", winning a special jury award at SXSW.
Crew
WRITER / DIRECTOR: Yong Mun Chee
PRODUCERS: Yong Mun Chee, Delon Tio, Brett Henenberg
CO-PRODUCER: Shannon Makhanian
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Linda Pianigiani, Marsio Juwono, Jeannes Linarte, Evelyn Juwita Sasmito
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Gavin Kelly
EDITOR: Azhar Ismon
ADDITIONAL EDITOR: Guillermo Rodriguez
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Linda Sena
COSTUME DESIGNER: Elaine Montalvo
MUSIC: Patrick Kirst
Contact
Linda Pianigiani
hollywooduntitled@gmail.com
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