Origin Story (2018)
Every end has a beginning.
106 min
When Kulap Vilaysack was 14, she took her father's side in an argument and her mother replied, "Why are you defending him? He's not your real dad." Twenty years later, she's finally ready to learn what that means. ORIGIN STORY is a feature-length, international quest with stops in Los Angeles, Minnesota, and Laos to meet the biological father she never knew. On the road, unforeseen revelations strike as hilarious or heartbreaking, rarely in between. An avid comic book reader with a vigilante character named after her in the DC Comics universe, she must summon the courage of Katharsis, because each question is another step out on a limb. ORIGIN STORY is a deeply personal but universally relevant tale of immigration, conflict, addiction, and personal responsibility. Interviewees in the film include extended family, husband Scott Aukerman, and close friends, like Sarah Silverman, Casey Wilson, June Diane Raphael and Howard Kremer.
- Release date
- May 3, 2018
- Country of origin
- Laos, United States
Trailer
Cast
- Kulap Vilaysack as Self
- Scott Aukerman as Self
- Casey Wilson as Self
- June Diane Raphael as Self
- Howard Kremer as Self
- Julie Danielson as Self
- Ronald Danielson as Self
- Mary Elizabeth Ellis as Self
- Southep Louangsaphakdy as Self
- Anita Lundberg as Self
Crew
- Kulap Vilaysack · Director
- Kulap Vilaysack · Writer
- Erica Kraus · Producer
- June Diane Raphael · Producer
- Kulap Vilaysack · Producer
- Michael Daniel Cassady · Composer
- Steve Jablonsky · Composer
- Jonathan Nicholas · Cinematographer
- Oona Flaherty · Editor