You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Chinese. (March 2022)Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Chinese article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Chinese Wikipedia article at [[:zh:美國女孩]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|zh|美國女孩}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

American Girl
Theatrical release poster
Traditional Chinese	美國女孩
Simplified Chinese	美国女孩
Hanyu Pinyin	Měiguó Nǚhái
Directed by	Fiona Roan Feng-i
Written by	Feng-I Fiona Roan Li Bing
Produced by	Clifford Miu Amy Ma
Starring	Karena Lam Kaiser Chuang Caitlin Fang
Cinematography	Giorgos Valsamis
Production companies	Media Asia Films Splash Pictures JVR Music GHY Culture and Media
Distributed by	Clover Films Golden Village Pictures Netflix (international)
Release dates	October 31, 2021 (2021-10-31)(Tokyo International Film Festival) December 3, 2021 (2021-12-03)(Taiwan)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Taiwan
Languages	Mandarin English

American Girl is a 2021 Taiwanese drama film directed as the debut feature by Fiona Roan Feng-i. ^[1] It depicts the semi-autobiographical story of Fen Liang, who returns to Taiwan from the United States with her mother and younger sister after their mother is diagnosed with breast cancer, during the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak. The film is executive produced by acclaimed director Tom Shu-Yu Lin, and is now exclusively available in over 190 countries and territories on Netflix. ^{[2] [3]}

Contents

• Cast
• Critical reception
• Accolades
• References
• External links

Cast

• Karena Lam Wang Li-li (Lily)
• Kaiser Chuang as Liang Chong-hui
• Caitlin Fang as Liang Fang-yi (Fen)
• Audrey Lin as Ann
• Winnie Chang as Ting's mom
• Kimi Hsia as Ms. Su
• Brando Huang as Liu
• Bowie Tsang as Dr. Han

Critical reception

American Girl was officially selected in the 2021 Tokyo International Film Festival’s Asian Future competition section. The film won five Golden Horse Awards, including Best New Performer for Caitlin Fang, Best New Director for Fiona Roan Feng-i, Best Cinematography for Giorgos Valsamis, the Audience Choice Award, and the FIPRESCI Prize during the 58th Golden Horse Awards. ^{[4] [5]}

Accolades

References

External links

• American Girl at IMDb