Pali Road

Pali Road
Pali Road Chinese Theatrical Poster
Directed byJonathan Lim
Written by
  • Doc Pedrolie
  • Victoria Arch
Produced by
  • Daxing Zhang
  • Cathy Lee
  • Kenneth Burke
  • Jonathan Lim
Starring
CinematographyQuyen Tran
Edited byJason Schmid
Music byJeff Marsh
Production
companies
  • Crimson Forest Entertainment
  • Cuixing Media Group
  • Island Film Group
  • Dadi Film
  • China Film Assist
Release dates
  • November 16, 2015 (2015-11-16) (Hawaii Film Festival)
  • November 25, 2016 (2016-11-25) (China)
Running time
95 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • China
LanguageEnglish

Pali Road is a 2015 romantic mystery thriller film directed by Jonathan Lim, starring Michelle Chen as a young doctor who finds herself in a completely unfamiliar life after waking up from a car accident.[1] The film co-stars Jackson Rathbone, Sung Kang and Henry Ian Cusick.

It was filmed in early 2015 on Oahu, Hawaii.[2] The film had its world premier at the Hawaii International Film Festival in November 2015, where it was nominated for the Halekulani Golden Orchid Award for Best Feature Narrative.[3]

The film earned an honorable mention for Best Feature Film at CAAMFest and was nominated for the Grand Jury Award for Best Feature Film at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. It won the Best Supporting Actress award for Elizabeth Sung and Best New Director award for Jonathan Lim at the 12th Chinese American Film Festival.[4]

The film had its U.S. theatrical release in major cities on April 29. It was released in China on November 25, 2016.[5]

  1. ^ Frater, Patrick (2015-05-14). "Cannes: Taiwan's Michelle Chen Stars in Arclight's 'Pali Road'". Variety.
  2. ^ "Mystery-thriller 'Pali Road' wraps filming on Oahu". KHON-TV. 2015-02-13.
  3. ^ "Pali Road — 2015 HIFF Fall Festival". Hawaii International Film Festival.
  4. ^ "第十二屆中美電影節星光熠熠——開幕式暨金天使獎頒獎典禮耀動洛城". cafilmfestival.org. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
  5. ^ "夏威夷之恋（2016）". cbooo.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved November 25, 2016.