Smoking Tigers

A quiet, observant coming-of-age portrait that sits with a teenager's loneliness and quiet shame, feeling tender and quietly aching rather than dramatic.

Directed by

So Young Shelly Yo

Genres

Drama

Starring

Ji-young Yoo, Jung Jun-ho, Abin Shim

Overview

Set in early-2000s SoCal, Smoking Tigers follows a Korean American girl as she navigates derision and growing tensions while balancing the duality of her low-income family and wealthy, elite high school environment.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Identity, coming-of-age, class, family

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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