See You Then (film)

See You Then is a 2021 American drama film directed, produced, and edited by Mari Walker (in her directorial debut) from a screenplay she co-wrote with Kristen Uno.

The film premiered at South by Southwest on March 16, 2021, and was released in the United States on April 1, 2022, by Breaking Glass Pictures.

Naomi, a performance artist, reveals she gave up on her dreams and moved back with her parents before meeting her husband, Jim.

Her hopes for the film were to "provide a new perspective into the trans experience and spark a larger discussion around questions of identity, womanhood, and belonging.

Vanishing Angle approached several production companies for help financing it, but all of them declined due to Walker's lack of experience as a first-time director.

The website's critical consensus reads, "A character-driven treat for fans of conversation-based drama, the well-acted See You Then offers a refreshing perspective on relationship stories and gender roles.

"[5] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 69 out of 100 based on six critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

He said the film "honors the gradual evolution of a long talk, so much that their literal pacing reads as its only unnatural flourish—they take several minutes to walk about two blocks.

"[7] Sarah-Tai Black, writing for the Los Angeles Times, said "the film's greatest achievement is the ease with which it traverses the delicate territory of its characters’ lives without losing the sense of a past both shared and fractured in memory.

"[8] In a less positive review, The Guardian's Phuong Le wrote, "Despite its flaws, See You Then is an interesting opportunity to see trans talents in front of and behind the camera.

2021 interview with See You Then film talent (left to right, top to bottom): actress Pooya Mohseni, filmmaker Mari Walker, actress Lynn Chen, interviewer Rafy Mediavilla