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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: WOLFE VIDEO
EAN: 0667443568148
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Picture This
Manufacturer: Picture This
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Picture This
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 17, 2006
Running Time: 80 minutes
Sales Rank: 39060
Studio: Picture This
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Product Description:
Vulnerable young Eric is at a crossroads in his life both geographically and emotionally. A reluctant immigrant plucked from the familiarity of his Hong Kong existence to the rootless suburbia of Toronto he establishes his gay sexual identity while his family slowly disintegrates. Soon he finds himself falling for a succession of men while learning and growing from every painful experience.Innocent is a quintessential North American tale. With new immigrants comprising such a large part of the social fabric director Chung forces us to face the reality of their existence and to make us see the dark gray world they face every day as they step out into their new lives.The film is an incisive and nuanced take on the difficulties in reconciling the often conflicting aspects of oneself - in this case being Asian in North America and gay in a heterosexual world.System Requirements:Running Time: 80 MinutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: UNRATED UPC: 667443568148 Manufacturer No: WOL4333D
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - An exploration of burgeoning sexuality
Eric is a teen from Hong Kong who finds himself in Toronto after he and his sister are tricked by their irresponsible parents into thinking it's just for a holiday. Eric's parents are superficial and lack affection for each other, let alone their children. So to compensate for being thrown into a new culture, which has fewer constraints than in Asia, Eric embarks on an emotional journey to search for a boyfriend as he explores his newly-discovered sexuality. But each attempt to find love turns out ... Read More
Rating: - LIFE AS IT IS
The film "Innocent" is a very entertaining story about a family consisting, of a mom, dad, son and daughter moving to Canada from Hong Kong. The late-teen son, Eric as played very believably and so well by Timothy Lee is the typical teen--bored with his family and really wanting to be free of all family constraints, etc. Eric isn't really different from most teens with one big exception, he is gay and, of course, that adds more complications to his life.
What writer/director Simon ... Read More
Rating: - Life and Gay Love
"Innocent"
Life and Gay Love
Amos Lassen and Cinema Pride
New from Picture This Entertainment is a very good film, "Innocent". It is sensitive and romantic as it deals with a young man who deals with life and his realization that he as found gay love.
Eric Tang is seventeen years old and h and his family has moved from Hong Kong to Canada. It is not easy for the family. They face the daily struggle of finances and adapting to a new cultural environment. ... Read More
Rating: - A Sensitive Examination of Displaced People and the Consequences
Writer/director Simon Chung, in his first major motion picture, shows evidence of a solid talent and promise that there are many fine films lurking about in his head. He has produced a story that is pertinent on many levels, addressing the questions of family bonding after transplantaion to another country, sexual coming of age of a young lad without support systems, miscegenation of cultures at polar opposites, and how to cope in a strange land without adequate mental preparation.
Eric ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent, unique coming-of-age drama
Eric is a rather "Innocent" (2005) and shy teen from Hong Kong, whose family immigrates to Toronto primarily for financial reasons, but also because they didn't like his friends back home. Eric tries to adapt to the new Canadian culture, and the very different approach to education, all while dealing with his homosexual crushes on his hunky cousin, a classmate, a band member, and eventually an illegal immigrant who is working at his family's restaurant. He also meets a much older man, with whom he ... Read More
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