Paulina is a 17 year old girl living in a Cambodian gambling community in the United States. Immersed in a vibrant world where bets and wagers are a part of everyday living, young Paulina has found herself attracted to the game; a love understood and shared by her father, Sam, and an avid community of Cambodian gamblers. Met with strong disapproval from her sister Sopheap, Paulina remains strongly tied to the community. But soon she finds herself in the midst of her father’s war with addiction, and the realities of this world is unmasked; Paulina must inevitably choose between the world she is drawn to and the life she might someday want.
Written and directed by Caylee So, a Cambodian American from Northern, Virginia, Paulina is a story of family, addiction and sacrifice. A story that for some, might hit pretty close to home.
This short film goes into production in December, filming in Southern California. And due to the nature of the film, numerous personals of Southeast Asian decent are needed to fill the roles of patrons of a gambling house. All the support is needed from the SoCal community in order to make this project a huge success. Those interested are encouraged to email paulina.film@gmail.com or visit http://www.paulinafilm.com/ to learn more about this remarkable story.
The visual style for “Paulina,” the movie, aims to define the three main stages to which the protagonist goes through her journey:
- The enjoyment of the perfect world (fun, vivid, colorful, inviting)
- The realization of a menacing habit (asphyxiating, dangerous, mysterious, disappointing, confusing)
- The decision to grow up and save herself (hopeful, controllable, promising) Likewise, the cinematography of this project also attempts to portray the culture that Paulina is part of, as a way to bring the audience closer to the main character, and thus, to the story.
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