The Soft Shelled Crab and the Metal Claw Poster

The Soft Shelled Crab And The Metal Claw

dir. by Joseph Accardi, USA
runtime: 15 min
screening: July 7th
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
Mykonos Biennale 2015 - Film Festival -  Dead Fish Tank. - screen shot
Mykonos Biennale 2015 - Film Festival -  Kanshou Knife - screen shot
Mykonos Biennale 2015 - Film Festival -  Wei Tang Kanshou Stairway - screen shot
Mykonos Biennale 2015 - Film Festival -  Wei Tang Lantern  - screen shot
Mykonos Biennale 2015 - Film Festival -  Wei Tang Mirror - screen shot

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)
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