Seventeen Years to Earth

Seventeen Years to Earth

1998
23m
8.0

8.0/10

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Overview

For 17 years, from the age of about six or seven, Kathy Chu keeps a diary. It's a complete fiction, denying disappointments (when her older sister doesn't want to spend time with her, Kathy invents and records a happy encounter) and rejections (she's teased for being Asian, but she writes about what fun she had with friends). Her hopes to be a writer compound the irony of her journal's disconnection. In college and after graduation, one of her closest friends is Kirby, who is also Asian. She denies any romantic attraction, and when they do become lovers, it's her diary that brings a crisis to their relationship and to her identify. Kathy falls back to earth.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date October 2, 1998
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0206283

Cast

Gina Chai
Gina Chai

Kathy Chu

Stella Ma
Stella Ma

Young Kathy

Jim Chu
Jim Chu

Kirby Wang

Jo Shui
Jo Shui

Narrator

Key Crew

Perry Lin
Director
Debi Zelko
Producer
Liz Foley
Producer
Perry Lin
Writer