The Soft Shelled Crab And The Metal Claw
The Soft Shell Crab and the Metal Claw follows Wei Tang, a Chinese woman in her mid twenties, who finds herself enslaved by the bonds of marriage to an abusive husband, the owner of a fish market in New York City's Chinatown. Trapped in this foreign reproduction of her homeland, Wei Tang is forced to endure a grueling workday of gutting fish as well as the physical torment brought upon her by her husband. However, after years of enduring this life, Wei Tang has hatched a plan to escape. Will Wei Tang get away, or, like the crabs and fish she sells, are there just some traps from which we cannot break free?
Cast
- Ying Ying Li (Lead Actor)
- Vincent Veloso (Lead Actor)
- Mason Carter (Supporting)
- Stan Vidal (Supporting)
- Alessandra Adina (Supporting)
- Philip Chang (Supporting)
- Braulio Lin (Supporting)
- Jin Kim (Supporting)
- Youngen Chang (Supporting)
- Lanna Wang (Supporting)
Credits
- Directors
- Joseph Accardi
- Screenwriters
- John Accardi
- Producers
- Ivy Yu, Dylan Marcus Shane
- Exec producers
- Alexander Hawthorne
- Cinematographers
- Cullie Poseria
- Product designers
- Jin Kim
- Art directors
- Jin Kim
- Editors
- John Accardi
- Sound editors
- Joseph Accardi
Screenings
- New York City Independent Film Festival 10/2014 (official selection)
- New Filmmakers NY 02/2015 (official selection)
- Speechless Film Festival 03/2015 (Best in Show - Shorts Category)
runtime: 15 min
screening: July 7th