American Girl (Chinese: 美國女孩) is a 2021 Taiwanese drama film directed as the debut feature by Fiona Roan Feng-i.[1] It depicts the semi-autobiographical story of Fen Liang, who returns to Taiwan from the United States with her mother and younger sister after their mother is diagnosed with breast cancer, during the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak. The film is executive produced by acclaimed director Tom Shu-Yu Lin, and is now exclusively available in over 190 countries and territories on Netflix.[2][3]

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American Girl
Theatrical release poster
Traditional	美國女孩
Mandarin	Měiguó Nǚhái
Directed by	Fiona Roan Feng-i
Written by	Feng-I Fiona Roan Li Bing
Produced by	Clifford Miu Amy Ma
Starring	Karena Lam Kaiser Chuang Caitlin Fang
Cinematography	Giorgos Valsamis
Production companies	Media Asia Films Splash Pictures JVR Music GHY Culture and Media
Distributed by	Clover Films Golden Village Pictures Netflix (international)
Release dates	October 31, 2021 (2021-10-31) (Tokyo International Film Festival) December 3, 2021 (2021-12-03) (Taiwan)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Taiwan
Languages	Mandarin English

Cast

• Karena Lam Wang Li-li (Lily)
• Kaiser Chuang as Liang Chong-hui
• Caitlin Fang as Liang Fang-yi (Fen)
• Audrey Lin as Ann
• Winnie Chang as Ting's mom
• Kimi Hsia as Ms. Su
• Brando Huang as Liu
• Bowie Tsang as Dr. Han

Critical reception

American Girl was officially selected in the 2021 Tokyo International Film Festival’s Asian Future competition section. The film won five Golden Horse Awards, including Best New Performer for Caitlin Fang, Best New Director for Fiona Roan Feng-i, Best Cinematography for Giorgos Valsamis, the Audience Choice Award, and the FIPRESCI Prize during the 58th Golden Horse Awards.[4][5]

Accolades

References

External links

• American Girl at IMDb

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