BLUE BAYOU

By Justin CHON

FOCUS FEATURES (USA) - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline / PROMO

Drama - Completed 2021

A mother-son relationship is put to the test when a Korean-American adoptee from New Orleans is deported, and he chooses to blame the mother who put him up for adoption in the first place.

Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2021
Un Certain Regard
Deauville American FF 2021
DEAUVILLE PUBLIC PRIZE
Busan IFF 2021
World Cinema
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • Unknown, USA
    • Duration
    • 119 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Justin CHON
    • Writer(s)
    • Justin CHON
    • Producer(s)
    • Justin CHON, Charles D. KING, Poppy HANKS, Kim ROTH
    • Synopsis
    • From award-winning writer/director Justin Chon (Gook), Blue Bayou is the moving and timely story of a uniquely American family fighting for their future. Antonio LeBlanc (Chon), a Korean adoptee raised in a small town in the Louisiana bayou, is married to the love of his life Kathy (Alicia Vikander) and step-dad to their beloved daughter Jessie. Struggling to make a better life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past when he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.