AI Grief-Bot Dramedy ‘Talk to Me When You Are Dead,’ Produced by Anthony Chen, Probes the Limits of Digital Afterlives at Busan Asian Project Market

A widowed programmer who builds a digital copy of his late wife ends up turning grief into a business in “Talk to Me When You Are Dead,” the debut feature from Singapore’s Alvin Lee, produced by Anthony Chen and Gina Tan. The project is part of the Asian Project Market, which runs within the Busan […] Alvin Lee’s debut ‘Talk to Me When You Are Dead,’ produced by Anthony Chen, follows a widower who sells AI grief-bots. A widowed programmer who builds a digital copy of his late wife ends up turning grief into a business in “Talk to Me When You Are Dead,” the debut feature from Singapore’s Alvin Lee, produced by Anthony Chen and Gina Tan.

The project is part of the Asian Project Market, which runs within the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM). In the near-future story, Yong Yi makes a digital replica of his wife Kate to cope with losing her. A friend spots a market and talks him into a startup that sells grief-bots to the newly bereaved. Yong Yi is then hired to quietly build a replica of Mr. Yun, a celebrated architect who is terminally ill. Hiding his real purpose to get