Winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at this year's Sundance Film Festival, Choe sat down with No Film School to discuss the first time she worked with Steve Buscemi, the unique origins of the screenplay for NANCY, and how she blocked extended sequences at a dinner table to evoke scenes of interrogation. Whether the act is a moment of sincerity or deception is a back-and-forth the film constantly toggles between, and Choe's film is distinct in its ability to tease out tension even when the viewer is unsure of what to believe or whom to feel safe around. Smith-Cameron and Steve Buscemi) decades prior, and Nancy, now at the age their daughter would currently be, feels she may actually be their lost kin. That young girl disappeared from her parents (played by the great J. After her Parkinson's-ridden mother (played by Ann Dowd) suddenly passes away, Nancy is unsure of her next move until she views a 'Missing Children' news broadcast one evening and feels she may be the long-lost daughter shown on the TV screen.

Just who is Nancy, the title character at the guarded heart of Christina Choe's debut feature? As played by English actress Andrea Riseborough, she's an equally determined and conflicted woman possessing a wealth of secrets that even she may not hold the answers to. Questions arise as a troubled woman claims to be the long-lost daughter of a grieving couple in Christina Choe's debut feature.

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