{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film |name=Pali Road |image=Pali Road poster.jpeg |caption=Pali Road Chinese Theatrical Poster |director=Jonathan Lim |starring={{Unbulleted list|Michelle Chen|Jackson Rathbone|Sung Kang|Henry Ian Cusick}} |country={{Unbulleted list|United States|China}} |producer={{Unbulleted list|Daxing Zhang|Cathy Lee|Kenneth Burke|Jonathan Lim}} |language=English |studio={{Unbulleted list|Crimson Forest Entertainment|Cuixing Media Group|Island Film Group|Dadi Film|China Film Assist}} |music=Jeff Marsh |writer={{Unbulleted list|Doc Pedrolie|Victoria Arch}} |cinematography=Quyen Tran |editing=Jason Schmid |runtime=95 minutes |released={{Film date|2015|11|16|Hawaii Film Festival|2016|11|25|China}} }} '''''Pali Road''''' is a 2015 romantic mystery thriller film directed by Jonathan Lim, starring Michelle Chen as a young doctor who finds herself in a completely unfamiliar life after waking up from a car accident.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/asia/michelle-chen-in-pali-road-1201495848/|title=Cannes: Taiwan's Michelle Chen Stars in Arclight's 'Pali Road'|website=Variety|date=2015-05-14|last=Frater|first=Patrick}}</ref> The film co-stars Jackson Rathbone, Sung Kang and Henry Ian Cusick.
It was filmed in early 2015 on Oahu, Hawaii.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://khon2.com/2015/02/13/mystery-thriller-pali-road-wraps-filming-on-oahu/|title=Mystery-thriller 'Pali Road' wraps filming on Oahu|website=KHON-TV|date=2015-02-13}}</ref> The film had its world premier at the Hawaii International Film Festival in November 2015, where it was nominated for the Halekulani Golden Orchid Award for Best Feature Narrative.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://program.hiff.org/films/detail/pali_road_2015|title=Pali Road — 2015 HIFF Fall Festival|website=Hawaii International Film Festival}}</ref>
The film earned an honorable mention for Best Feature Film at ''CAAMFest'' and was nominated for the Grand Jury Award for Best Feature Film at the ''Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival''. It won the Best Supporting Actress award for Elizabeth Sung and Best New Director award for Jonathan Lim at the 12th Chinese American Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cafilmfestival.org/zh-tw/%E7%AC%AC%E5%8D%81%E4%BA%8C%E5%B1%86%E4%B8%AD%E7%BE%8E%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1%E7%AF%80%E6%98%9F%E5%85%89%E7%86%A0%E7%86%A0-%E9%96%8B%E5%B9%95%E5%BC%8F%E6%9A%A8%E9%87%91%E5%A4%A9%E4%BD%BF/|title=第十二屆中美電影節星光熠熠——開幕式暨金天使獎頒獎典禮耀動洛城|work=cafilmfestival.org|accessdate=2017-05-15|archive-date=2017-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728192604/http://cafilmfestival.org/zh-tw/%E7%AC%AC%E5%8D%81%E4%BA%8C%E5%B1%86%E4%B8%AD%E7%BE%8E%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1%E7%AF%80%E6%98%9F%E5%85%89%E7%86%A0%E7%86%A0-%E9%96%8B%E5%B9%95%E5%BC%8F%E6%9A%A8%E9%87%91%E5%A4%A9%E4%BD%BF/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The film had its U.S. theatrical release in major cities on April 29. It was released in China on November 25, 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbooo.cn/m/643886|title= 夏威夷之恋（2016）|accessdate= November 25, 2016|work= cbooo.cn|language= Chinese}}</ref>
==Synopsis==
Lily (Michelle Chen), a young doctor, wakes up from a car accident and discovers she is living a completely different life. Now married to her boyfriend's rival, Dr. Mitch Kayne (Sung Kang), and a mother to a 5-year-old son, she has an established life she remembers nothing about.
Everyone around her denies that her boyfriend Neil (Jackson Rathbone) ever existed. As Lily begins to doubt her own sanity, memories of Neil resurface, causing unexplainable incidents. While desperately searching for the truth of her past life, she questions her entire existence.
==Cast== *Michelle Chen as Lily Zhang *Jackson Rathbone as Neil Lang *Sung Kang as Mitch Kayne *Henry Ian Cusick as Tim Young *Tzi Ma as Mr. Zhang *Elizabeth Sung as Mrs. Zhang *Lauren Sweetser as Amy Stole *Maddox Lim as James Kayne
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==External links== * Pali Road [http://www.paliroadfilm.com Official Website] *{{YouTube|Y-voJPKBpFM|Official Trailer}} *{{IMDb title|3744264}} *{{Rotten Tomatoes|pali_road_2016}}
Category:Films about Chinese Americans Category:2010s romantic thriller films Category:Films shot in Hawaii Category:2015 films Category:Chinese mystery thriller films Category:Chinese romantic thriller films Category:2010s mystery thriller films Category:Asian-American drama films Category:2015 English-language films Category:2015 American films Category:English-language romantic thriller films Category:English-language mystery thriller films