A Brief History
Drama fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see Blue Bayou on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 7:30 PM at Cinemark At Valley View & XD in Valley View, Ohio! For your chance to get a pass, please log on to http://focusfeaturesscreenings.com/BLUEHISTORY14. Passes are first-come, first-serve. The theater is overbooked slightly to ensure a full audience. Therefore, seating is not guaranteed. So, please arrive early! Saving seats for other parties is prohibited.
Digging Deeper
An official selection of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival from award-winning writer/director Justin Chon, Blue Bayou is the moving and timely story of an uniquely American family fighting for their future. Antonio LeBlanc (Chon), a Korean adoptee raised in a small town in the Louisiana bayou, is married to the love of his life, Kathy (Alicia Vikander) and step-dad to their beloved daughter, Jessie (Sydney Kowalske). Struggling to make a better life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of the past when he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.
Blue Bayou is scheduled to be released in the United States on September 17, 2021 by Focus Features.
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Historical Evidence
For more information about the film, please visit the following links: Official Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter.
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