More like "How to make millions of viewers cry before the movie ends"
The intricately personal movie about family dramas, gender and generational disparity among Chinese (and Thai-Chinese) communities, along with several heart-knocking quotes from M and Amah, it hits close to us. It hits close to us.
We watch and sob, and then cry, and then crying harder in every development of the story.
Hearing that this movie is shortlisted for the 97th Oscars is a groundbreaking news, but sadly it didn't. I can partly blame to the Oscars themselves and their favoritism towards European cinema, but thinking it was also something that really hits close to Asian people, and without any bridges there will be a gap for non-Asians to learn and understand this kind of family drama, and that's understandable.
However, it's still a little speck of hope that one day Southeast Asian cinema can have its place, and I'm placing my bet on Thailand.
We watch and sob, and then cry, and then crying harder in every development of the story.
Hearing that this movie is shortlisted for the 97th Oscars is a groundbreaking news, but sadly it didn't. I can partly blame to the Oscars themselves and their favoritism towards European cinema, but thinking it was also something that really hits close to Asian people, and without any bridges there will be a gap for non-Asians to learn and understand this kind of family drama, and that's understandable.
However, it's still a little speck of hope that one day Southeast Asian cinema can have its place, and I'm placing my bet on Thailand.
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