Actress Li Jun Li has been working for nearly 15 years, but she first started getting attention when she played Lady Fay Zhu in Damien Chazelle’s Babylon, a role that was inspired by Hollywood legend, Anna May Wong. Earlier this year, she starred in Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, as Grace Chow, a Chinese-American woman who ends up trapped in a juke joint when it’s attacked by vampires.
Now, Ms. Li can be seen in the title role of Alma & The Wolf, directed by Michael Patrick Jann of The State. The movie stars Ethan Embry as Ren Accord, the sheriff of a small Oregon town who encounters Li’s Alma when she’s wandering down the road covered in blood, claiming that her dog was killed by a wolf. That encounter leads to Ren experiencing all sorts of strange occurrences around town, but it also throws him and Li into a relationship.
Cinema Daily US spoke with Ms. Li over Zoom last week for the interview where we not only discussed Alma & The Wolf, but also spoke about her role in Sinners, and how that was historically-accurate to the place of Chinese-Americans in the Deep South during the Jim Crow era. You can check out that interview above.
Alma & The Wolf will be available in select theaters and on VOD starting June 20.
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Alma & the Wolf : After a violent animal attack, paranoia spreads through Spiral Creek. But when Deputy Ren Accord gets too close, his son vanishes, and reality begins to fracture.
Director : Michael Patrick Jann
Screenwriter : Abby Miller
Producer : David Codron, Michael Patrick Jann, Eric Binns
Distributor : Republic Pictures
Production Co : Three Point Capital (TPC)
Rating : R (Gore|Some Strong Violent Content|Language)
Genre : Horror
Original Language : English
Release Date (Theaters) : Jun 20, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming) : Jun 20, 2025
Runtime : 1h 29m
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