german premiere

fresh blood

slanted

A long time ago, Joan came with her parents from China to the U.S. She has long since become an average high school girl, who dreams of winning the crown of prom queen. But her competition seems unbeatable: popular, perfect, and above all, white. What begins as a coming-of-age satire becomes a dark vision of the future: in Amy Wang's science fiction scenario, surgical self-optimization has become the norm.