Private Project

Double Happiness ROUGH CUT

After the death of her husband of 50 years, a life-affirming Jewish widow and the tightly-wound Chinese-American restaurateur who serves her family every Christmas, find themselves drawn into an unexpected late-in-life romance.

  • Shari Albert
    Director
  • Shari Albert
    Writer
  • Laura LeeLun
    Writer
  • Shari Albert
    Producer
  • Laura LeeLun
    Producer
  • Rollin Studios
    Producer
  • Clem Cheung
    Key Cast
    "Richard Wang"
  • Kathryn Grody
    Key Cast
    "Lillian Zelman "
  • Beth Dover
    Key Cast
    "Julie Zelman "
  • Henry James Gross
    Key Cast
    "Isaac Zelman "
  • Teresa Hui
    Key Cast
    "Li Na"
  • Iris Feng
    Key Cast
    "Sam Chen "
  • Dave Shalansky
    Key Cast
    "Rabbi Ben "
  • Bonnie Rose
    Key Cast
    "Nancy Silverstein "
  • Max Wolkowitz
    Key Cast
    "Young Max Zelman "
  • Irina Kaplan
    Key Cast
    "Young Lillian Zelman "
  • Chhoyang Cheshatsang
    Key Cast
    "Young Richard Wang"
  • Katie Lee Hill
    Key Cast
    "Young Jeanie Wang "
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    20 minutes 36 seconds
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Shari Albert

Shari writes dramatic stories through a comedic lens. The first
short film she wrote and directed, WILL YOU TAKE THIS DOG?,
won best female content creator at The Bowery Film Festival and
has screened at the San Francisco Indie Film Fest, New Ohio Film
Festival, NY City Web Fest, and many others. As a writer, she has
been a cohort at the esteemed “The Writers Lab” (class of 2022).
Her scripts have placed in competitions such as AFF, The Big
Apple Film Festival, and Final Draft’s Big Break Contest. She is
published in SHE PERSISTED, a book of monologues written by
women playwrights by Applause Books. With over 30 years of
experience in front of the camera, Shari is now stepping behind it
with everything she's learned and absorbed. She is excited for audiences to see DOUBLE HAPPINESS, her new short film she co-wrote and directed on festival screens everywhere. She lives in NYC with her husband and rescue wire-hair dachshund, Dr. Watson.

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