Everything Before Us
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| Music by | Chanda Dancy |
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| Distributed by | Vimeo |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Everything Before Us is a 2015 American romantic drama film, directed by Philip Wang and Wesley Chan and produced by Christine Chen, Chris Dinh, and Preston Clay Reed. The film marks the first feature film of Wong Fu Productions. It stars Aaron Yoo, Brittany Ishibashi, Brandon Soo Hoo, Victoria Park, Randall Park, Joanna Sotomura, Chris Riedell, and Ki Hong Lee.
The film is set in the near future, where the Department of Emotional Integrity (D.E.I.) oversees all romantic relationships by issuing publicly-accessible 'relationship score' that keep individuals accountable for their everyday choices. The film follows the stories of Ben and Sara, an older couple who must revisit their past with the D.E.I., and Seth and Haley, a younger couple entering their first registered and long-distance relationship with the D.E.I.
In the near future, the Department of Emotional Integrity (D.E.I.) issues relationship scores that affect the standings of everyone in society. In California, Ben and Sara are an older couple reconciling their past relationship while Seth and Haley are a younger couple registering for their first relationship with the D.E.I. Ben is denied a job at Origin, a design company, due to a low relationship score while Sara secures a business loan for a new cafe due to her high relationship score. Ben is later walked out on by his date, also due to his low relationship score. Henry then convinces Ben to make an appointment at the D.E.I. with his ex-girlfriend Sara to boost his score. Meanwhile, Seth and Haley are separated as they head to different colleges in California. Seth and Haley then register for their first and also long-distance relationship with the recurring D.E.I. agent, Randall. At the D.E.I., Ben and Sara clash due to their conflicting recounts of their past relationship. However, they reconcile and each sign off on 50-50 responsibility. This boosts Ben's score to land the job as a designer at Origin.
At his new job, Ben begins a relationship with Anna at the insistence of his friend Henry, as Anna's high score would in turn boost Ben's score. When Ben visits Sara's bakery's soft opening, Ben offers to build Sara a mural to fill an empty spot on the bakery's wall. When Ben and Sara get tipsy while working on the mural late at night, Ben kisses Sara who seems receptive at first, but quickly realizes the mistake and runs out. When Anna discovers the kiss, she threatens to terminate her relationship with Ben. The fate of the two couples then begin to intersect when Seth begins to work at Sara's cafe. As Seth visits Haley at her new college, their relationship begins to fall apart starting when she ditches Seth to go out with her friends. Seth continues to make advances to move closer to and visit his girlfriend, but Haley insists she needs space. When Seth visits Haley and realizes that she is at a malign fraternity party, he finds her with her teaching assistant's arm and jacket around her. Although her TA, Jay, was simply warning her of the predatory nature of the fraternity party, Seth thinks he was making sexual advances. Seth and Jay scuffle until Seth and Haley leave the party on bad terms. Their relationship worsens as Seth finds that Haley has been keeping potential plans to study abroad to London from him.
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