Wexford Plaza

Wexford Plaza is a comedy film and the debut narrative feature from writer/director Joyce Wong. It stars Reid Asselstine, Darrel Gamotin, Francis Melling, Ellie Posadas, and Mirko Miljevic.

A slice-of-life offbeat comedy about Betty, a lonely female security guard working at a deteriorating strip mall. Isolated and friendless, a glimmer of hope appears when a make-up salesman shows Betty kindness, leading to an unexpected sexual encounter. Although Betty and her paramour are well meaning in their intentions, their behavior ends up causing both of their lives to unravel.

Speaking to The Moveable Fest, Wong discussed the unique structure of her narrative. “At first, I built the structure as a back-and-forth kind of story, like first Betty, then Danny, then Betty, but then I realized it would be a lot more powerful if I told Betty’s side first with gaps and then Danny’s because I really wanted to show the reason why Betty and Danny are doing the things they’re doing is because there are gaps in what they know. They’re not stupid people, they’re just missing vital information that allows them to connect the dots, so the easiest way I felt to show it [was] to make the audience not have access to those scenes as well.”

Wexford Plaza is rated 14A.