A Vietnamese romantic comedy compared to The Devil Wears Prada and starring an actress from San Jose, California open this year’s CAAMFest in San Francisco, reports the Daily Californian.
How to Fight in Six Inch Heels stars Kathy Uyen as a New York Fashion Designer who suspects her fiance is having an affair and goes to Vietnam where her boyfriend just got a job to investigate.
The plot has Uyen impersonating a fashion model as part of her plot to uncover the secret lover.
Directed by Ham Tran, How to Fight in Six Inch Heels has been a huge box office hit in Vietnam.
Uyen is the latest Asian American actress to go overseas for opportunities denied in Hollywood.
How to Fight in Six Inch Heels plays March 13 at the Castro Theater in San Francisco. It is followed by the opening night gala at the Asian Art Museum.
You can find out more about the movie in the Daily Californian.
Ticket information for the entire Festival can be found here.
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