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Awkwafina will break your heart

WHEN AWKWAFINA READ the script for Lulu Wang’s , her response was immediate and instinctive. “I just thought, I to do this,” she tells . A tender portrait of a and . And while surprising, it’s a turn that’s received rave reviews for both director and star when the film premiered at Sundance in January.

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