Not Like You

As a 1.5 generation Chinese America who moved to the U.S. in childhood, Mar always feels like being sandwiched between the two cultures she has experienced. After following her parents’ wish to graduate with a finance degree, she ends up working at a grocery store in Chinatown, a job her parents would never stop complaining about. Until one day, her high school (girl)friend Kai, who she hasn’t seen in seven years, shows up at her job. As the discreet history between them unfolds, the connection between them is rekindled. Mar, being reminded by Kai, also starts to realize she has long lost herself in the guilt for her “wrong” sexual orientation. Yet, in this enclosed community where traditional Chinese values have been forced to Mar fiercely, this relationship has once again put Mar into the same dilemma.