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Blue Sun Palace

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1h 57m

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An unexpected bond forms between two migrants in the Chinese community of Queens when tragedy strikes. Far from home, their lives intertwine as they grieve and search for familial connections.

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Peter Rainer

FilmWeek (LAist)

It has a very lyrical, steady and poetic moodiness to it.

Jun 4, 2025

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Kimberley Jones

Austin Chronicle

Blue Sun Palace lives in the gray area with the rest of us mortals. What it conveys, quite beautifully, is the essentialness in sharing your life with others, through joy and grief.

Rated: 3.5/5

May 15, 2025

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Tomris Laffly

RogerEbert.com

Tsang deepens the themes of her movie in unhurried doses, bringing to the surface the loneliness, isolation, and displacement of the remaining characters.

Rated: 3.5/4

Apr 25, 2025

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Sam Machkovech

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

Tsang immediately proves herself a master of tight-space framing in her feature-length debut.

May 28, 2025

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Rachel West

AWFJ.org

Tsang’s film offers a refreshing and rewarding perspective on an aspect of life often overlooked by mainstream cinema. This personal approach showcases her talent as both a director and a writer, promising a bright future in feature-length filmmaking.

May 8, 2025

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

Arguably overlong at two full hours for its very small, minutely observed story, "Palace" nonetheless has an air of patient poetry that turns the mundane into something melancholy, moving, and a bit spectral.

May 2, 2025

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Diane D

One of the worst movies I have ever seen--boring, depressing. My friend who recommended it felt the same and the 3 of us left before it was over. I have never left a movie early

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/16/25

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Synopsis

An unexpected bond forms between two migrants in the Chinese community of Queens when tragedy strikes. Far from home, their lives intertwine as they grieve and search for familial connections.

Director: Constance Tsang
Producer: Sally Sujin Oh, Eli Raskin, Tony Yang
Screenwriter: Constance Tsang
Distributor: Dekanalog
Production Co: Field Trip Media, Big Buddha Pictures
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 25, 2025, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $74.2K
Runtime: 1h 57m