| Riceboy Sleeps | |
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| Directed by | Anthony Shim |
| Written by | Anthony Shim |
| Produced by | Bryan Demore Anthony Shim Rebecca Steele |
| Starring | Choi Seung-yoon Ethan Hwang Hunter Dillon |
| Cinematography | Christopher Lew |
| Edited by | Anthony Shim |
| Music by | Andrew Yong Hoon Lee |
Production companies | Lonesome Heroes Productions Kind Stranger Productions A Lasting Dose Productions |
| Distributed by | Game Theory Films |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | English Korean |
Riceboy Sleeps is a 2022 Canadian drama film, written, produced, edited, and directed by Anthony Shim.[1] Based in part on Shim's own childhood, the film centres on So-Young (Choi Seung-yoon), a Korean immigrant single mother raising her teenage son Dong-Hyun (Ethan Hwang) after moving to Canada to give him a better life.[2]
- ^ Andreas Wiseman, "‘Riceboy Sleeps’: Canadian-Korean Indie Film Underway With ‘The Umbrella Academy’ Alum Ethan Hwang Among Cast". Deadline Hollywood, August 23, 2021.
- ^ Kelly Townsend, "Anthony Shim’s sophomore feature to film in B.C., South Korea". Playback, August 27, 2021.