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Congratulations It's a Girl
Toronto Film School- Student

Congratulations It's a Girl
Toronto Film School- Student

  • Project Title
    Congratulations It's a Girl
  • Project Details
    Casting for the Student Film, 'Congratulations It's A Girl'.

    Looking for Chinese actors for a Toronto Film School thesis film.

    Logline: In 1990, during China’s one-child policy, a young mother must prevent her family from swapping her daughter for a boy.

    Synopsis: In the 1990s, China. HONG(mid-20) gives birth to a girl. However, Hong's mother, FENG(50), her husband LANG(mid-30), and other relatives are disappointed. The following day, Feng tells Hong that the family decides to swap her daughter with her cousin's second son - also an infant but born in the countryside. Hong is shocked and asks to keep her daughter. However, Hong is too powerless to go against the family's will, especially her mother's. Then, Feng leaves to arrange with the other family and says she will be back the following day to take away Hong's baby.

    During the night, Lang comes back home. Hong asks for Lang's help, but Lang refuses because he also believes the swap is the best option for the whole family. Hong is devastated by her own husband's inaction. The following morning, Feng returns to take away Hong's baby. Just as Feng grabs the baby's swaddle, Hong won't let go. Feng is surprised by how determined her daughter is. With the help of the other relatives, they take the baby away by force. However, the intense quarrel frightens the infant, and she starts to cry out loud. Feng looks at her daughter and granddaughter both crying and screaming, and her heart softens. Eventually, Feng gives the infant back and accepts that Hong's only child will be a girl for the rest of her life.
  • Production Type
    Student Film
  • Location
    Ontario
  • Dates & Location
    TBD - Toronto
  • Closing Date
    1st Sep 2022