Q&A with producer Jonathan Hsu to follow the screening.A genre-bending hybrid documentary/narrative about Jerry Hsu, a retired Taiwanese immigrant in Florida, scammed out of his life savings.
After an unsettling call from a Chinese police officer puts Jerry on his heels, he agrees to join an undercover operation that sends him into a spiral of secrecy and self-destruction.
What follows is a rare film that exists along the fine line between fact and fiction, one that confronts memory, nostalgia, human frailty and fallibility, the pursuit of the ‘American dream’, and the seductive traps that fraudsters set to prey upon our aging population.GRAND JURY AWARD ~Slamdance Film Festival
“ Starring Jerry as Himself can be filed under ‘truth is stranger than fiction.’ ” – RogerEbert.com
“… participatory nature offers something new for true crime.” – POV Magazine
“… a remarkable accomplishment.” – Cinema Escapist
“100% Fresh” – Rotten Tomatoes
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