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Sophie's Revenge 完美生活
USC East Asian Studies Center presents a film screening. UPDATE: Director Jin Yimeng (Eva) will not be able to attend the screening.
Schedule
7:00pm-8:30pm (film screening)
About the Film
Dumped by her fiancé just two months before their wedding, comic strip writer Sophie (Zhang Ziyi) hatches an elaborate plan to get her Jeff back and punish the movie star, Joanna, who seduced him away. She finds herself a partner, Gordon, an ex-lover of Joanna's. The two start on a comic adventure full of laughs and tears, aided by Sophie's two best friends, Lucy and Lily. At the eve of her success, Sophie suddenly realizes that she has been so focused on revenge that she has not heard her own change of heart.
About Eva Jin (Jin Yimeng 金依萌)
Eva Jin, a Chinese-American filmmaker, graduated from Florida State University where she earned a Master’s of Fine Arts in filmmaking. Some of her short films, which have won international acclaim, include The 17th Man and Dinner. With the box office success of Sophie’s Revenge, Jin became one of only eight Chinese directors whose films grossed 100 million yuan ($15 million). She was recently named by the Hollywood Reporter as one of Asia's most promising new generation filmmakers.
Co-sponsored by the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
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For more information, please contact the East Asian Studies Center at 213-740-2991 or easc@usc.edu. Please RSVP with your name and number of guests to eascrsvp@usc.edu.
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