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Miss D
- Director: Stefan Blomquist
- Writer: Stefan Blomquist
- Producer: Mai Arakida Izsak
CGiii Comment
When you have the inability to direct comedy - avoid it like the plague.
The first half is played for laughs via a Chinese neighbour...unfortunately, those laughs failed to materialise...due, in part to some duff editing...but, in whole, to the direction - timing, darling - it's everything!
The second half...falls flat.
And, the weak performances don't help either.
Watch...
Miss D from Oliver Rush on Vimeo.
The(ir) Blurb...
The film opens on the countdown on the eve of New Year's, 1995. Miss D, a modest transvestite slinks home to her studio in Chinatown as the day breaks. She lets her answering machine play as she recomposes and recovers from the night before. D is startled upon hearing a voice message from her ex-lover Gina and causes commotion. Enter Ms. Ling, D's Chinese neighbor and landlady. Ling agrees to offset D's rent in exchange for herbs and consoles D as they unwind together in an empty bath. As Ling warns D of her ex's selfish ways, the phone rings. Gina is in town. D must decide whether to fall back or break free of the destructive pattern.
Cast & Characters
Lori Tan Chinn as Mrs. Ling;
Homa Hynes as Waitress;
Meghan E. Jones as Club Kid;
Eugene Martin as Cab Driver;
Octavia McKinney as Veronica Green;
Kojenwa Moitt as Club Kid;
Jamie Neumann as Jack;
Scott Speiser as Miss D;
Zuzana Stivinova as Gina