{"id":20529,"date":"2023-11-24T21:45:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T02:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=20529"},"modified":"2023-11-24T21:45:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T02:45:29","slug":"last-summer-of-nathan-lee-exclusive-interview-with-director-quentin-lee-actors-harrison-xu-and-natasha-tina-liu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=20529","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Last Summer of Nathan Lee&#8221;: Exclusive Interview with Director Quentin Lee, Actors Harrison Xu, and Natasha Tina Liu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHJXaNHan3UWwwUKozSB2BQ\">Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> : Nathan Lee (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3947216\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_8_q_harrison%2520Xu\">Harrison Xu<\/a>), an API teenager, finds out that he has brain cancer right before he turns 18 and vows to live the remains of his life with passion&#8230; and refuses to die a virgin. Knowing that his gay best friend, Dash (Matthew Mitchell Espinosa), wants to become a filmmaker, Nathan offers himself as a documentary subject to Dash, who is also in love with Nathan. Nathan and Dash decide to document as much of his remaining life as possible. Without reservation, Nathan experiments sexually and falls in love with Lorelei (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm6521543\/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\">Natasha Tina Liu<\/a>), another high school friend. As Nathan realizes he cannot reciprocate Dash&#8217;s true love, he decides to marry Dash, a Dreamer Immigrant, and gifts him American citizenship.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Genre<\/strong>: Comedy, Drama<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Language<\/strong>: English<\/p>\n<p><strong>Director<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/find\/?q=quentin%20lee&amp;ref_=nv_sr_sm\">Quentin Lee<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Producer<\/strong>: Quentin Lee, Kit DeZolt, Kevin Huie, Dennis Escobedo, Harrison Xu<\/p>\n<p><strong>Writer<\/strong>: Dennis Escobedo<\/p>\n<p><strong>Release Date (Theaters)<\/strong>: Oct 20, 2023<\/p>\n<p><strong>Limited Release Date (Streaming)<\/strong>: Nov 22, 2023<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime<\/strong>: 1h 32m<\/p>\n<p><strong>Distributor<\/strong>: Margin Films<\/p>\n<p><strong>Production Co<\/strong>: Amplify Asian Media<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20534\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Last-Summer-of-Nathan-Lee1.jpg\" alt=\"Last Summer of Nathan Lee, Harrison Xu, Natasha Tina Liu\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Last-Summer-of-Nathan-Lee1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Last-Summer-of-Nathan-Lee1-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the trailer of the film.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"kXaEjgb2dt0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Last Summer of Nathan Lee&quot; - Quentin Lee TRAILER\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kXaEjgb2dt0?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Synopsis : Nathan Lee (Harrison Xu), an API teenager, finds out that he has brain cancer right before he turns 18 and vows to live the remains of his life with passion&#8230; and refuses to die a virgin. 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