Written By (2022)

Name: Written By
Director: Callie Bloem
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 2022-04-01
Duration: 15 min
Cast: Jaz Sinclair, Sara Paxton, Katie Aselton, Jamila Allen

Drama Comedy

Director: Callie Bloem

Cast: Jaz Sinclair, Sara Paxton, Katie Aselton, Jamila Allen

Runtime15 min

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What do fictional characters do with the rest of their lives, once their stories have been told? This charmingly offbeat, deadpan fantasy attempts to answer that question.

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Fans of offbeat, deadpan comedy will delight in the charmingly unique premise of 'Written By' (2022), which imagines the unexpected lives of fictional characters after their stories have been told. Director Callie Bloem brings a deft, insightful touch to this fantasy that explores deeper themes of identity, legacy, and what it means to be truly alive.

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Written By is a 2009 Hong Kong fantasy drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Wai Ka-Fai, and starring Lau Ching-Wan and Kelly Lin. Lau plays a lawyer who is killed in an accident, leaving behind his wife, daughter, and son. He is resurrected as a character in his daughter's novel, where he finds himself a grieving husband who lost his family and his sight during a car accident, living in an alternate reality. The film premiered at the New York Asian Film Festival in June 2009, and was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 10 July 2009.