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First Birthday

2012 · 12 min

A quiet, aching slice of life that sits with a man's unspoken longing at a family gathering, tender and bittersweet.

Directed by
Andrew Ahn
Genres
Drama
Overview
Nick is a gay Korean-American man living in Koreatown, Los Angeles with his partner Brian and their dog Chloe. When Nick attends his baby nephew's 'dol,' a traditional Korean first birthday party, he finds himself yearning for a life just out of reach.
How it feels
Melancholic, warm, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Identity, family, loneliness, love
Content
Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
Note
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Directed by
Andrew Ahn
Genres
Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Andrew Ahn
Written by
Andrew Ahn
Starring
Muki Grossberg, Joshua Kwak, James S.W. Lee, Chris Yejin, Martin Lee
Runtime
12 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Korean

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