"A confidently crafted gem, writer/director Stephanie Ahn's " Bedford Park " is an increasingly rare kind of film. This is a delicate picture about grounded, relatable, middle- and working-class people talking about relatable problems and finding realistic romance. Unhurried yet forward thinking, Ahn's trusting script presents Audrey (Moon Choi), a Korean-American physical therapist who routinely searches an app looking for rough sex."
"Boldly, Eli and Audrey's harsh meet-cute occurs when Audrey has a miscarriage outside of Eli's New Jersey apartment (though Audrey can get pregnant, she has a less-than-5% chance of ever carrying a baby to term). Eli therefore softens against Audrey, and Audrey offers to drive Eli to his mall security job and community college while his car is in the shop. As they increasingly spend time together, they begin to fall for one another."
"As they increasingly spend time together, they begin to fall for one another. On top of that romance, Ahn adds heavy subplots, including Audrey's alcoholic father, her mother's desire to save the family's honor by marrying off Audrey, the weight of assimilation, and Eli's foster background, his estrangement from his young daughter, and a conflict with a half-brother who increasingly wants him to come to Miami for a nefarious job."
Bedford Park follows Audrey, a Korean-American physical therapist who seeks rough sex via an app and pauses her search to care for an injured mother after a car accident. A miscarriage outside Eli's New Jersey apartment sparks an unlikely connection with Eli, a hardened man who softens and accepts Audrey's help driving him to work and community college. Romance develops alongside heavy subplots: an alcoholic father, a mother focused on family honor and marriage, assimilation pressures, Eli's foster history, estrangement from his daughter, and a brother pushing him toward a nefarious job. The film emphasizes grounded, middle- and working-class realism and unhurried storytelling.
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