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A woman, holds something to her neck with blood running down her hand.

Grafted

  Sasha Rainbow

  New Zealand     95 minutes

Synopsis

Young Wei is a blossoming scientist continuing the controversial, yet innovative research on skin grafting begun by her late father. Shunned by her family in China because of a hereditary facial disfigurement, she gets a scholarship to study in New Zealand, where she stays with her kind but absent aunt and mean-girl cousin Angela. Wei proves herself a brilliant student who catches the attention of a down-on-his-luck professor, but is still mercilessly bullied by Angela and her popular friends. Then she reaches her breaking point. What ensues is a gut-wrenching dive into visceral body horror, where vengeance and scientific hubris collide to lead Wei on a violent quest to possess the power of beauty and popularity at any cost. Grafted is a deliciously disgusting ride that pushes the societal obsession with normative beauty to horrific extremes.

 English, Chinese with subtitles

Content Advisory

Screenings & Events

Screening

Thu, Oct 17 @ 10:00pm CDT

at Music Box Theatre

Scheduled to Attend:
Director Sasha Rainbow

Screening

Fri, Oct 18 @ 2:45pm CDT

at AMC NEWCITY 14, screen 04

Scheduled to Attend:
Director Sasha Rainbow

Film Credits

  •   Murray Francis, Leela Menon
  •   Mia Maramara, Hweiling Ow, Lee Murray, Sasha Rainbow
  •   Fauze Hassen
  •   Tammy Williams
  •   Joyena Sun, Jess Hong, Eden Hart, Jared Turner, Sepi To'a
  •   Lachlan Anderson
  •   Fraser Brown