Asian-American International Film Festival ‘05

Maladaptive

Friday, July 29 at 2:30pm
Saturday, July 30 at 9:45pm

Coupling, The Mating Game. What is it that folks need or think they need in a mate? Maladaptive, a bittersweet la ronde romantic comedy with a knowing eye, covers the playing field: Stuart a nice-looking, 17-year-old male’s first affair with Emily, an attractive 30-year-old woman with a yen for the fresh innocence of youth; Graham, a middle-aged professor in a mid-life crisis is about to screw up his mature married relationship because he is struck by a yen for Emily, a younger woman who just happens to be the best friend of his wife. Deceit rather than candor is the order of the day as partners struggle with their conscience and their problematic needs.

(US | 2004 | 93min | Indian with English subtitles | dir. Adam Chin | 2005 CineQuest Film Festival)