Rosemead

Eric Lin's 2025 film is about a Chinese American family in Rosemead, near Los Angeles. The woman played by Lucy Liu is seriously ill and notices her teenage son's violent obsessions. With her time running out, she begins looking for a way to protect both him and other people. The film was inspired by real events and sits closer to family drama than to thriller. Its central question is moral: what does a mother do, and who does she tell, when she knows her child is dangerous. In an immigrant family, distrust of institutions makes that question heavier. Lucy Liu works in an unusual register for her career, almost entirely interior and quiet. The visual language is cold, the spaces tight and underlit. Eric Lin worked for years as a cinematographer, and this is his first feature. Who it's for: those who like quiet family drama and films about immigrant experience. Who it's not for: viewers wanting a reassuring conclusion; the film closes somewhere heavy and unresolved.