The Horrible Thirty: Me, My Father and Richard the Tiger

The Horrible Thirty: Me, My Father and Richard the Tiger

2018 · 23 min · Documentary

As she nears the age of 30, Rina still tries to find, with some difficulty, a path to becoming a film director. This year her father Richard, who she misses dearly, sends his favorite animal and Chinese zodiac sign, the tiger, to silently listen and follow his daughter through her unsteady sound of life. Through the medium of film, we distantly imagine what the world was like in the 1950s, when he himself was 30.

Directed by Rina Tsou

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