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Gyopo

2024 · 18 min

A tender, bittersweet immigrant story that blends daydreams with harsh reality, quietly devastating as a child's hero image cracks.

Directed by
Christina Yr. Lim
Starring
James Kyson, Erin Choi, Paul Syre
Overview
When a 10-year-old violin prodigy immigrates from Seoul with her troubled teenage brother, and her newly-single pragmatic mother; she leaves behind her father and musical hero, with whom she desperately tries to connect to in her fantastical daydreams. But when the family is met with the disillusions of their American dreams, her idyllic image of her father begins to crumble, threatening to destroy the very thing they came to salvage: their family.

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Directed by
Christina Yr. Lim
Starring
James Kyson, Erin Choi, Paul Syre
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • immigration
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Directed by
Christina Yr. Lim
Written by
Christina Yr. Lim
Starring
James Kyson, Erin Choi, Paul Syre, Sook Hyung Yang, Woohyun Suh, Crystal Lee, Jesse Phoenix Sandoval
Runtime
18 min

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