Red Doors

Red Doors (2005)

Red doors bring good luck. The Wongs need all they can get.

The Wongs struggle to cope with life, love, and family dysfunction in the suburbs of New York.

Date of release
2005-04-22
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (24)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Georgia Lee

Casting

Interesting facts

Red Doors is a 2005 American independent comedy drama film written and directed by Georgia Lee. Inspired by the director's own family, the film tells the coming of age story of a Chinese American family in the New York City suburbs. While the film's title refers to the red door of the Wongs' New York home, the color red is generally said to bring good luck in Chinese culture. At the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival, Red Doors won the prize for Best Narrative Feature. Lee produced the movie alongside Jane Chen, Mia Riverton, and co-producer John Fiorelli.

Production

Lee, a Philadelphia native and oldest of three sisters, wrote and produced her first full-length film in 2005. Although Red Doors was Lee's first full-length feature film, her first short film was called The Big Dish which was produced while taking film classes at NYU. Lee stated that Red Doors benefits from different aspects shown in all of the short films.

When asked why the film is important to her, Lee stated that the story started as her own, yet while creating the script she was more interested in the backstory and how to capture a unique period of time in a family's dynamic. Lee further said she was interested in correcting some of the typical stereotypes of Asian Americans usually portrayed in film.

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