The Resemblance

Tribeca Online Premieres

SHORT | 15 MINUTES |

THE RESEMBLANCE

When a grieving couple go to a "rental family" agency to hire an actor to role-play their dead son, they discover that their evening of remembrance is more than they bargained for.

CAST & CREDITS

Directed by Derek Nguyen

Derek Nguyen is a screenwriter, director, producer, and cofounder of The Population. He wrote and directed The Housemaid (2018, IFC) and a short The Potential Wives of Norman Mao. He was on the producing team for The Tale, Lovesong, Buster’s Mal Heart, Long Dumb Road, and Catch the Fair One.

Sponsored by
Netflix
Director
Derek Nguyen
Producer
Ernesto Foronda, Giulia Caruso
In Association with
Nonetheless Productions
Screenwriter
Derek Nguyen
Editor
Zack Boger
Production Company
Tribeca Studios, The Population
Executive Producers
Paula Weinstein, Nina Chaudry, Mynette Louie
Coordinating Producers
Michelle Hamada, Alex Ingber
Co-Producer
Carolyn Mao
Music by
Jerome Leroy
Casting by
Sig De Miguel, Stephen Vincent
Production Designer
Brittany Ingram
Director of Photography
Shaheen Seth
Costume Designer
Kim Ngo