Amid confusion, desire, and a familiar face, Lulu discovers
that nothing is as it seems when the past comes knocking at her door.
Technical Details | Mei Mei | Short Film
| Original title: | 美美 | Mei Mei |
| Spanish title: | Mei Mei |
| International title: | Mei Mei |
| Directed by: | Xu Xiaoxi |
| Production: | Marielvy D’Apollo, Ana Menéndez |
| Cinematography: | Roberto F. Canuto |
| Music: | Andrea Centazzo |
| Cast: | Janet Chiarabaglio, Alex Best, Alexandra Smothers, Kjord Davis, Alexander Aguila, Gudmundur Luovik Porvaldsson, Miles Wood |
English Spanish, English, French
Fiction, Drama Mystery, LGBTQ+, Rural
DCP · Digital HD · 1.85:1
Lulú, a high-end sex worker, receives frequent visits from her neighbor Julian, who believes she is his missing ex-girlfriend, Mei Mei. He only wants a second chance. Lulú dismisses him, assuming he is making up the story to win her over and does not take him seriously.
After a time apart, she begins to miss him, until one day she discovers that Julian has found the real Mei Mei—someone who bears a striking resemblance to her.
COMMENTARYMei Mei is a Chinese–American short film directed by Xu Xiaoxi and written by Roberto F. Canuto and Xu Xiaoxi during their MFA studies at the New York Film Academy (Hollywood).
Shot on Super 16mm with the support of Kodak and CCI, the film blends Chinese sensibility with American independent cinema to create an intimate and poetic work about desire, loneliness, and self-perception. Through the duality of two identical women—Lulu and Mei Mei—the film explores how experience and trauma shape identity and destiny.
Premiered at the Slow Film International Film Festival (Hungary, 2010), the short film was also nominated for Best Cinematography at the 2009 Kodak Scholarship Awards, representing the New York Film Academy in Hollywood.
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