Year of the Tiger!! Is there ever a way where you can do a Hmong video essay on what is good and bad? I have some links to some of Hmong movies that you can watch.
And another detail that English version is missing is the movie’s name. Original Chinese name of the film is actually translated as “Hi, Li Huanying”. Li Huanying is the name of Jia Ling’s mom. According to Jia Ling, her mom is herself before becoming a mom. When woman becomes a mom, people always forget their mother was once a young girl too.
The movie's name is perfect for marketing, it's a perfect title, if you put Hi, Li Huanying, it doesn't tell you much about the movie, and it became too personal. When the title is Hi, mom, it immediately resonate with everyone and makes it more attractive and memorable to foreign viewers. I haven't seen this film, but I already knew this is a real Chinese film that the Chinese can be proud of, it's not garbage imitation film that boast their big budget and fake art, this film is a true art from China because I've seen many older Chinese films that is distinctively Chinese.
I think that with the (relative) fading of the massive cultural influence of the US, a lot of nations who had previously been completely sold on the "foreign is better" idea are rediscovering themselves. I can definitely see it in France where I'm from. You wouldn't believe how common it was (and still is) to make fun of stuff just for being french, with a negative "hillbilly" and low-quality connotation.
I don’t think it’s US losing cultural influence per say (Hollywood is bigger than it has ever been). It’s more like we’re appreciating our culture as well. America is not the only country with great things, we have great things in our country as well
In a similar vein, “The Making of an Ordinary Woman” (俗女養成記) in Taiwan has proven to be a popular show, with a high class Taipei business woman returning to her slow life living with her parents in Tainan, and reflecting on her childhood. Happiness living with her family and make her own way really resonated with a lot of young people, and there is more and more of these kinds of shows and movies coming out in Taiwan: reminiscent of the 60s/70s/80s. Even though Taiwan was still under strict martial law at those times, that’s never the focus because people don’t want to remember that they want to remember the happiness of their parents’ youth and the candy their grandparents gave them when they went to visit… There’s a slow shift towards these things globally I think; people are keen for time and close relationships
We as humans want to remember the good times and forget the bad times, selective amnesia. This is universal. That’s why it is popular to say, “Remember those days? Those were the good times!”
Not a lot of things make me drop a tear But that line:" 我就让她健康快乐就行了” man i needed that Life is so stressful, there's so many things to strive for and all seems so far away and distant, but it'd be nice to have someone to just wish you're happy and healthy, its comforting, it makes everything seem ok again.
10:00 min mark had me in tears. Many Chinese parents want their children to just be happy. But many don’t know how to say it. I wish there’s more communication in Chinese families. This is the one thing I look up to western families that they communicate with their children much more than asian parents.
That depends, lots of 'communicating' in my family - like shouting and talking over each other, bringing up stuff from years ago. But listening is whole other thing! 😅
Same, my mom is frugal and I picked it up from her. But when I was in college, she would always tell me to never be stingy when buying myself food. I can't believe I cried a bit watching somebody talk about the movie, I feel like actually watching the movie would decimate me lol
I'm glad I watched this with my mom. I'm 24 but I cried like a baby in front of her, it goes to show that I love my mom and that she took care of me and my siblings really well. Losing my mom is going to break me, but I'll eventually accept it's a natural part of life.
i watch this movie alone in the cinema..im the only non-chinese audience in the theater,but im still enjoy it.i didnt expect it to be sad..i cry like baby at the end
Although i am Russian, i feel like there is so much similarity between the things you talked about, its amazing how people in two different countries experience the same things. Great video!👍
@@obato76 Eh, I don't think that's true. It may've manifested differently, and there may be variation from place to place, but many Americans have long had an obsession with British culture, German engineering, French romance and cooking, and more recently Japanese animation.
@@flamefang may be so but i believe the majority of americans do believe they live in the greatest country and their culter is the best. Majority of them don't have passports or a desire to travel the world because they think they're already at the greatest place
@@flamefang I wouldn't describe it as an obsession. I would argue that to the extent Americans can appreciate other cultures, it's to the general extent that those items of appreciation are surface-level expressions of that respective culture. Easily digestible, not too much brain-power required to consume. Food, entertainment (anime, songs), aesthetics (architecture, getting Chinese/Japanese tattoos), etc. I think foreign cultures in America are treated like artifacts in a museum. Something people take out to admire and "ooh" and "aah" at for a little bit, then it gets locked behind a vault to be taken out again when people feel like doing so. And that's just cultural exports. Nothing needs to be said about how the actual PEOPLE and VALUES from those cultures are treated in America ("Go back to your country, we don't want you here").
At 9:45 , the mom's comment hit so hard. Mothers always say that in the beginning but then, it just slowly devolves into a competition with other families and other children and having the child feeling so freaking worthless and guilty. The guilt hits me because I am the worthless child like Jia Ling because climbing up the economical ladder in this capitalistic hellscape is near impossible. I haven't cried this hard in years.
I'm from India. Still this movie feels similar. It's amazing how it portray so many feelings and emotions. It's been long time i have looked for good movie. Will definitely watch it.
I left China in the mid 80s at an early age. I have some limited memories and know that China has completely transformed in the ensuing years and there's nothing left of what I know. This film looks to hit a nostalgic note with me too. I am guessing the final act would resolve the issue of the "time travel" ban in Chinese films?
Surprisingly it did not. If anything the mystery of the time travel only gets more complex and intriguing at the end. If I have to guess the reason: a few years ago, the film bureau became its own government entity, independent from the Radio and Television Administration that issued most of the infamous media bans. In other words, I'm guessing the time travel ban no longer applies to motion pictures. But that's just my guess.
I believe the ban only exists if the film touches on historical events. So time travel back to the civil war would likely be forbidden, but time travel to 1981 as nothing more than a storytelling device to have the protagonist able to develop a relationship with her mother in her youth would be allowed.
@@bblvrable There's an upcoming drama starring A list actress Ni Ni and Deng Lun with the premise of a man time travelling between 1937 and the present day. And the Sino-Japanese war appears to be a major plot point. So no, not really.
Well I mean the plot is not written with a time-travel setting to begin with, unlike 庆余年，which has a clear hint to indicate that the setting was changed afterward, Hi,Mom's story happend in her mother's dream world. The charactor 冷特 was a made up icon as the mother's ideal son in law.
First off, deepest condolences to you. I hope you realise, just like Jia Ling, that having had the chance to raise and see you grow up brought your grandfather immense joy and wonderful fulfillment throughout his life Thank you for sharing your review of this gem - I definitely need to find it now :)
Do it. I'm studying in Russia and come back to China once or twice a year. My granny turned from "come in my child I miss you" to "oh excuse me who are you" in less than one year and she now cannot even speak. I miss her
I'm 90s kid from the Middle East. This film resonated with me so hard that I couldn't help crying for the final quarter of the movie. The 80s furniture and aesthetic was very similar to what I experienced in my older relatives' homes and older buildings here and the family dynamics aren't that different. Brilliant movie with brilliant acting. Thank you so much for this recommendation!
One thing you said that really struck me, was the internal racism that Chinese people had/have towards themselves. I was born and raised in a Western country, so I only thought my internalised racism was because of the bullying and the environment in which I grew up. I really hope what you said is true, that the Chinese people (especially the millennials) are beginning to embrace their culture and history with pride now. I think this pride will radiate and spread across the world so that all the people of Chinese ethnicity can fully embrace their heritage and not try to push it away or mould themselves into a "white" person.
They should and iys probably because our culture is shit even Americans know it alot of westerners and Americans like myself even European notice how bad their and our culture is there'd alot of narcissism and fifth and degeneration and immorality in our countries our family structure and values are getting destroyed for the sake of maximizing freedom and equality that means fall back on religions culture social norms marriage family well as the attack on masculinity and neglection of the value of women womanhood is getting turned into a costume that can be worn by anyone claimed by anyone snd masculinity is becoming bad and toxic and getting attacked well as identity politics is separating everyone and now unity with than a nation is getting destroyed bo longer community based its called wokeism and radical liberalism and too much progression which is leading to degeneration and regression we rather praise filth than cleanliness our society is getting socially politically culturally morally destroyed
It's called white supremacy well wqs called that I mean back in 1800s to early 1900s it was white supremacy which bread western imperialism and colonialism bit now and days its less racist and more "inclusive " but still with western values same ideology and same ways its now making everything like the west that mean completely erasing foreign cultures traditions and values for the sake of progression and modernity words and ideology all created by the west usa and European nations and they are still doing it today
Younger generations like mine are definitely very proud. I would say that out of all of the generations, mine has the least. We grew up in an era where being Chinese is cool, where hanfu and Chinese cultural things and Chinese myths are cool. Our songs are Chinese style and our entertainment is Chinese as well.
As a Canadian-born-Chinese, I feel you! Being Chinese in the west kind of sucks since sinophobia is currently so rampant and in the past China was considered dirty and poor, so I’ve definitely dealt with my fair share of being shamed just for being Chinese. But I can guarantee that Chinese people are definitely becoming more and more proud of their traditional culture and history. It probably helps that China is now in a more stable position, rather than the tumultuous period of the 20th century that forced China to modernize to avoid the threats of war and colonization. That being said, stuff like hanfu and gufeng are more popular than ever! You can see youths in the streets wearing hanfu and there are more and more hanfu brands than ever, and lots of music use traditional Chinese elements. The media industry is growing too, and besides cpop, there’s also cdramas and donghua and manhua-all of which that’s been growing more popular. It’s honestly quite exciting. And as this video shows, channels like Li Ziqi and Dianxi Xiaoge are celebrated, even though they show off rural life-lifestyles that people would previously scoff at _because_ it’s rural. More people now are thus proud of all aspects of Chinese history and culture, which is really nice. It’s served as a great source of comfort for me, and I hope it serves as comfort for you as well. And I definitely recommend checking out more Chinese media! It’s always fun and exciting seeing what’s come out of China recently.
@@kukuandkookie stop making up phobias that don't exist its called racism and prejudice u can attach phobia to anything pedophilia necrophobia Islamophobia homophobia fatphobia incestphobia heterophobia biphobia panphobia learn to be educated all thsie sre juts words to manipulate u and silence u from disagreing
My stepfather remained at his bed for four months after his back surgery before he died due to his weakened state and inability to move without assistance. A month later, my dad was in the ICU waiting for his blood transfusion to proceed while I was in my brother's car outside the hospital. When I went back home to change, I was called by my cousin informing me that dad passed away during the procedure. A few weeks later, one of my uncles died of cardiac arrest while working as a security guard and my mom's sister-in-law died of cardiac arrest before Christmas of 2020. They were all cremated. 2020 was not a very good year to everyone.
I lost my grandpa last year too. Just like you, I was stuck on the other side of the world, unable to fly to China. And thus, I lost my last surviving grandparent. When JiaLing’s mum said “I just want her to be healthy and happy” I bursted into tears. We grew up with so much parental pressure to succeed, to be the best at everything we do.
I really appreciate these non-English movie reccomendations. It's very hard to get out of the hollywood bubble when you live in English speaking western countries. This sounds like the kind of movie I would adore and I can't wait to actually sit down and watch it.
Damnit you made me cry. I haven't even seen the film. That line at about what her daughter/child would be like struck me hard. I love your videos and wish you the best!!! Love from the Philippines.
Saw this video, watched 1 minute and burst into tears. Stopped and went to watch the film it and now I’m back to finish the video. Thanks for introducing this movie to me. 😭❤️
I can understand the nature of this film and the popularity among it. This film based on this video essay for me is idea of back to simple times. When internet actually pushed us to be more interconnected, it actually force us to run toward the future. Anything need to be new and quick. Hyper progression actually taken toll for time. Time that's finite and cannot be brought spend toward future. The film resonate not because for "good old days" but it "slow" the time and enable Millennial to take a breath to catch up what are they missing
This movie is so warm and funny! Comedy is probably my favorite genre when it comes to Chinese cinema and Jia Ling is really so charismatic, I just think she’s so good at what she does… I watched it in the theater as soon as it was released and the laughter and cry throughout the movie from the very first scene to the end was unstoppable! One of the most emotional experiences from last year!
This is a great movie to watch! It was actually a short skit during CCTV's 春晚 adapted into a movie format if I'm not wrong. Highly recommended to watch, thanks for writing about this.
I finished watching this movie and its the only one that I bursted into tears in 2022 because it hits home so hard that I can't. It's a very beautiful movie that I think many people can relate to .
It's strange to look at lists of the highest-grossing films of a given year and see how many of them are Chinese movies that got absolutely zero coverage in the US. What is the best way to learn about Chinese films like these that don't end up being shared around film bro circles? What's the best way to watch movies like these without turning to the high seas? I feel like I'm always learning about these movies from your channel and I would like to take the initiative to actually be ahead of the curve for once moving into 2022.
This is pre-covid advice so... Hopefully it'll be useful again one day. Smaller cinemas usually plays a lot of foreign films, and usually high profile ones, too. Check out these local cinemas, see which one strikes your fancy, and do a bit of research on your phone. It's a pretty great way of getting into foreign cinema.
Yes because as a fellow American I notice western nations don't respect foreign cultures its all about west is netter the west is better and western nations love to force their value their culture down other people's throat also their way of governing and if u disagree and oppose western nations they will demonize u in the media and insult yiur country and nation threw manipulation of the media and also power they can even sanction you as a western myself saying this
after watching your review, i downloaded the movie and watched it with my wife. the story is truly beautiful and as a new parent, i can really relate with the story. thanks for always introducing so many good movie that i never heard before.
100 years is so little to time to appreciate everything this life has to offer. We must respect, protect, learn, share and be a example for as much people we can. Great video, AC. Happy Lunar New Year!
Everything old is cool again. I grew up in the 80s in Hong Kong and the "old school" retro theme on TVs were the Republic Era (1910-1949) Shanghai gangster shows.
I'm surprised too. The film currently is limited to a very niche streaming platform even in China. The film has like 10+ production company logos, which probably complicates the home releases a lot.
@@AccentedCinema do you mind sharing where or how we can watch this movie? thank you for making this video and sharing your thoughts and stories. Sorry about your grandpa 💔
Love your videos! If I may request something I'd like to ask you to review Dear Ex because it's extremely nuanced portrayal of a tumultuous mother - son relationship brought me to tears
I'm so glad you made this video because I love this movie, and I believe it deserves more recognition for what it has achieved and the message it's trying to send. That being said, both this movie and this video essay gave me emotional damage in the best way.
I hear you! I too lost my grandfather last year and didn't get to attend his funeral. Many elders in my family are either hospitalized or fighting old age whereas my cousins are becoming parents. So this movie completely makes sense to me. I will try to watch it once I am free.
Took awhile to finally watch this (then come back to this video to see what you had to say about it). I'm Korean so I can't really comment on the nostalgia part of the film. But it made me cry. So, good movie.
I saw this movie when it came out. At that time it was nice but I thought nothing of it. Now that my mother died in July, I just cry and cry watching your video essay.
My condolences to you for your passing of your grandpa, I hope you were able to still find a way to pray for his safe passage through his afterlife. I too had a passing of my grandfather a few months back, but through the influence of my dad's family circle and him being the eldest, they were able to delay for quarantine (21 days) and through a massive flight catastrophe and luck of not having borders closed until after my arrival till end of CNY, I landed safely and had a proper procedure. I never thought I'd cry but even in writing this message, I feel the sadness and hope you can have a way to find closure with your grandpa. Thank you for sharing another great video on a retro Chinese film.
I watched it last year and i thought it was just a regular comedy movie. Until the plot twist came, that is. I thought the movie was gonna end and Ling realized something and that reveal had me ugly cry for 10 minutes. It really elevated the whole film from a sweet and fun movie to one of the most genuine and emotional films i have ever watched.
@Accented Cinema 祝你虎年大吉、万事如意！ 感谢你创造油管最好的频道。Honestly, thank you so much man for making the best channel on youtube. All of your videos are extremely insightful and up lifting.
watched the movie few month ago, and it's indeed one of the best movie of 2021! very funny, touching and if i'm not mistaken Rare to see Chinese movie with time travel theme and this is my favorite theme (back to the future fan here ^^). As foreigner living in China, the movie is, to my eye, international. I heard she wanted to release the movie overseas but some Chinese outlets said foreigners might not understand the movie, so it will be hard to sell it. i will say GO FOR IT!!! The movie is totally for everybody and not just for Chinese audiences^^ , if one day the movie got a release out of China, you guys should go watch it on big screen ^^
My condolences to you and your family. Your channel is seriously a gem. Completely original and unique. You always make me feel and think deeply with your videos.
I watched this movie on the plane back home (one of) after a month of visiting my boyfriend in the US. It made me miss my mom a lot, especially since I feel like she'd really love this movie. She lost her mom some few years back, my granny had a lot of health issues and ended up passing away near Passover, and I still remember her telling me the news and telling me to remember my grandma not as her in pain at the hospital, but her small habits. The movie as a whole made me really emotional because of that alone
This movie seems very heart-felt. Which makes sense if the director made it because of their own mother. Sorry for your loss, and I hope your dad rests in peace.
My condolences, my favourite aunt whom I spent a lot of my time with in my childhood passed away in Malaysia when I was overseas from cancer. I couldn't be there when she was sick, dying, or her funeral, or even to pick her ashes up after the cremation.
Beautiful video Accented Cinema!! My condolences to you and your family. I am born in 1997 and my mother was born into a famished but later economically reformed China as well. I really do resonate with your thesis in the second half of the video, and I think your sentiment is accurate. Chinese millennials are the first generation to feel the ill effects of capitalism on such a spiritual level, and I am afraid we do not know quite how to articulate it ourselves. To lend more analysis to your anecdotal feelings Ive found marxist theory quite useful!
I think this is a subtle but profound realisation. Capitalist modernity isn't what it's made out to be - Utopia. Marxist and Maoist theory is a helpful critique of this, but I would also suggest Coloniality/Decoloniality theory. Ramon Grosfoguel is a great thinker on these issues. Instead of an alternative modernity - as China seems to be doing, can we transcend modernity and reconstitute what was lost in pursuit of modernity? In the West, as the film conveys, we have indeed lost 'time' for each other, for our families, our communities (we don't even have those anymore!). What is a society without sociability, conviviality, reciprocity, when the sole goal in life is to partake in money exchange to satisfy a never ending need for meaningless material stuff? That was a bit of a ramble, but great points!
I watched it two days ago, it was very heartfelt and emotional. I understand that this film bringing the retro chinese nostalgia however, I think this movie also universal and it represent a universal theme of mother and children relationship. We all want our mother to be proud of us and we want to make our mother happy and we are even ready to sacrifice our existance.
I watched the film following your video - it was amazing to watch, I loved it! I never would have come across it otherwise and had a deeper appreciation of it following your analysis. Thank you for not giving away a major spoiler!
I thought it was going to be kind of similar in tone to 20 once again, but it was so much more sincere. Great seeing more original films of quality coming out and getting the recognition they deserve
Could not have said it any better. I agree with you 100% about the film, and about why the movie is such a success. I am sorry for your loss but this video will make your grandfather proud. I believe so.
Thank you soo much for sharing this gem. I just finished watching it and it is one of the most heart warming and amazing movies I've ever seen. It has become one of the best ones I have ever seen, thank you, I bawled my eyes out and it's so beautifully executed.
This nostalgia phenomenon in Mainland China can be closely compared with S. Korea's recent surge in interest regarding cultural and societal artifacts of the 1980s-1990s. This trend is now being called "newtro" in Korea and its influence can be seen everywhere from clothing trends, music, and even the massive wave of young Koreans gutting out formerly abandoned and worn-down industrial and residential areas of Seoul and turning them into trendy clothing boutiques, restaurants, cafes. A paper I read for a Korean film class several semesters back coined the term "compressed modernity." Essentially, the gist is, since s. Korea experienced societal transformation post-Korean war at such a breakneck speed (essentially, s. Korea underwent a societal change which Western European countries underwent in two to three centuries within a matter of 40-50 years), modernity and generational memories have been "compressed." For instance, my parents, born in the late 1950s (post-war Korea) and early 1960s (early Yusin regime Korea) in Korea, have wildly different life experiences than Koreans born just 5-10 years after them shaped by vastly differing cultural circumstances, national landscapes, and material conditions. For instance, my father (born three years after the armistice of the Korean War) remembers spending the earlier days of his childhood living in a Choga-jip (thatch roof Korean traditional home). Whereas my mother, who was born in the early 1960s, grew up in a suburban-style concrete semi-basement (think of the one from Parasite). What makes this difference even more shocking is that both of my parents were born in Seoul. Hence, film and media as well as other cultural mediums are ways in which not only the older generation can essentially "decompress modernity" and their memories but it also acts as a means for the younger generation to connect and reimagine a world so incredibly foreign to them despite just being a few decades distant. Comparable to "Hi Mom" in terms of cultural impact is Korea's "Reply 1988" series (2015) which recounts the heartwarming neighborhood stories of a group of childhood friends growing up during the post-democratization s. Korea. Its color palette, like "Hi Mom", is bright and warm, and it conjures a deep sense of longing for a simpler time in a society still held together by tightly-knit social networks and a society filled with general kindness and trust for one another. These depictions are rather interesting given the actual state of Korea during this time (immense military government repression with Korea only becoming a pseudo-democracy in 1987). Depictions of this era prior to this trend would have been similar to Bong Joon-ho's Memories of Murder which utilizes a drab gray palette depicting a repressed and chaotic society ruled by a militarized government whose only means of politics were force and violence. Therefore, it's reasonable to see such trends arising in China given that the transformation which the country has undergone even in the last 30 years is incomparable to Korea's (incomparable by anything else in human history for that matter). At the same time, it's great to see that Chinese youth are now reinterpreting history and their national past as a means of recollecting and rebuilding national pride and identity.
A very good recap and commentary. One correction about the comparison between this movie and Zhang Yimou's movie about the 70s. 70s was a dark age, while 80s was a time of openness and optimism due to Deng's new policies.
I said it before and i'll say it again. This is a beautiful movie. I wouldn't have stumbled across this work of art without your channel and recommendation. Please keep it up. Thanks!!
These are the stories that makes you realize how far apart our parents from China and us are in culture, but no matter what we cannot lose our connection to previous generations.
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Update: The movie should now be available legally in full for free on RUclips. Give it a watch!
Happy Lunar New Year!
Year of the Tiger!! Is there ever a way where you can do a Hmong video essay on what is good and bad? I have some links to some of Hmong movies that you can watch.
Thank you, Happy Lunar New Year! Thank you for this fantastic video.
I might have cried a little. Thank you
Well I hope it turns out better than the year of the Rat
新年快乐！祝你来年幸福美满，身心安康，希望终于能和家人团聚👨👩👧👦
And another detail that English version is missing is the movie’s name. Original Chinese name of the film is actually translated as “Hi, Li Huanying”. Li Huanying is the name of Jia Ling’s mom. According to Jia Ling, her mom is herself before becoming a mom. When woman becomes a mom, people always forget their mother was once a young girl too.
The movie's name is perfect for marketing, it's a perfect title, if you put Hi, Li Huanying, it doesn't tell you much about the movie, and it became too personal. When the title is Hi, mom, it immediately resonate with everyone and makes it more attractive and memorable to foreign viewers. I haven't seen this film, but I already knew this is a real Chinese film that the Chinese can be proud of, it's not garbage imitation film that boast their big budget and fake art, this film is a true art from China because I've seen many older Chinese films that is distinctively Chinese.
I think that with the (relative) fading of the massive cultural influence of the US, a lot of nations who had previously been completely sold on the "foreign is better" idea are rediscovering themselves. I can definitely see it in France where I'm from. You wouldn't believe how common it was (and still is) to make fun of stuff just for being french, with a negative "hillbilly" and low-quality connotation.
I don’t think it’s US losing cultural influence per say (Hollywood is bigger than it has ever been). It’s more like we’re appreciating our culture as well. America is not the only country with great things, we have great things in our country as well
I am surprised to hear that from a French person; the Parisian/French stereotype is always seen as posh & upper class.
@@deeemtee7040 no one hates France and its authenticity as much as the Parisians.
@Oligoden yeah i dont think fading is the right word either, but i know what op is talking about. it's more that we're making space for other coutries
Tea itscalled globalism and western imperialistic influence
In a similar vein, “The Making of an Ordinary Woman” (俗女養成記) in Taiwan has proven to be a popular show, with a high class Taipei business woman returning to her slow life living with her parents in Tainan, and reflecting on her childhood. Happiness living with her family and make her own way really resonated with a lot of young people, and there is more and more of these kinds of shows and movies coming out in Taiwan: reminiscent of the 60s/70s/80s. Even though Taiwan was still under strict martial law at those times, that’s never the focus because people don’t want to remember that they want to remember the happiness of their parents’ youth and the candy their grandparents gave them when they went to visit… There’s a slow shift towards these things globally I think; people are keen for time and close relationships
We as humans want to remember the good times and forget the bad times, selective amnesia. This is universal. That’s why it is popular to say, “Remember those days? Those were the good times!”
I love this series!俗女養成記
Not a lot of things make me drop a tear
But that line:" 我就让她健康快乐就行了”
man i needed that
Life is so stressful, there's so many things to strive for and all seems so far away and distant, but it'd be nice to have someone to just wish you're happy and healthy, its comforting, it makes everything seem ok again.
这部电影在故事技法上或许没有太多很亮眼的地方，但是却能感受到导演的真诚，也是很多年以来我最欣赏的国产电影
前一个多小时我感觉还只是不错，结尾最后一部分破防了，我还正好是和爸妈一块去看的，我差点没忍住哭出来
同感
导演封神的影片，欢笑中带着眼泪。当时电影院里哭得一塌糊涂。。。哈哈哈
这部电影让我哭了。 我在实际发生的事情结束时震惊地意识到 😢
10:00 min mark had me in tears. Many Chinese parents want their children to just be happy. But many don’t know how to say it. I wish there’s more communication in Chinese families. This is the one thing I look up to western families that they communicate with their children much more than asian parents.
That depends, lots of 'communicating' in my family - like shouting and talking over each other, bringing up stuff from years ago. But listening is whole other thing! 😅
There is a reason the stereotype of 'parents giving kids food' exists :')
Same, my mom is frugal and I picked it up from her. But when I was in college, she would always tell me to never be stingy when buying myself food. I can't believe I cried a bit watching somebody talk about the movie, I feel like actually watching the movie would decimate me lol
I'm glad I watched this with my mom. I'm 24 but I cried like a baby in front of her, it goes to show that I love my mom and that she took care of me and my siblings really well. Losing my mom is going to break me, but I'll eventually accept it's a natural part of life.
i watch this movie alone in the cinema..im the only non-chinese audience in the theater,but im still enjoy it.i didnt expect it to be sad..i cry like baby at the end
Although i am Russian, i feel like there is so much similarity between the things you talked about, its amazing how people in two different countries experience the same things. Great video!👍
I feel like practically every country in the world went through a "foreign is cool, local is uncool" phase, except one and only one: the US.
@@obato76 although in recent times it has been a trend to hate amerikkka and love anime
@@obato76 Eh, I don't think that's true. It may've manifested differently, and there may be variation from place to place, but many Americans have long had an obsession with British culture, German engineering, French romance and cooking, and more recently Japanese animation.
@@flamefang may be so but i believe the majority of americans do believe they live in the greatest country and their culter is the best. Majority of them don't have passports or a desire to travel the world because they think they're already at the greatest place
@@flamefang I wouldn't describe it as an obsession. I would argue that to the extent Americans can appreciate other cultures, it's to the general extent that those items of appreciation are surface-level expressions of that respective culture. Easily digestible, not too much brain-power required to consume. Food, entertainment (anime, songs), aesthetics (architecture, getting Chinese/Japanese tattoos), etc.
I think foreign cultures in America are treated like artifacts in a museum. Something people take out to admire and "ooh" and "aah" at for a little bit, then it gets locked behind a vault to be taken out again when people feel like doing so. And that's just cultural exports. Nothing needs to be said about how the actual PEOPLE and VALUES from those cultures are treated in America ("Go back to your country, we don't want you here").
At 9:45 , the mom's comment hit so hard. Mothers always say that in the beginning but then, it just slowly devolves into a competition with other families and other children and having the child feeling so freaking worthless and guilty. The guilt hits me because I am the worthless child like Jia Ling because climbing up the economical ladder in this capitalistic hellscape is near impossible. I haven't cried this hard in years.
I'm from India. Still this movie feels similar. It's amazing how it portray so many feelings and emotions. It's been long time i have looked for good movie. Will definitely watch it.
I left China in the mid 80s at an early age. I have some limited memories and know that China has completely transformed in the ensuing years and there's nothing left of what I know. This film looks to hit a nostalgic note with me too. I am guessing the final act would resolve the issue of the "time travel" ban in Chinese films?
Surprisingly it did not. If anything the mystery of the time travel only gets more complex and intriguing at the end.
If I have to guess the reason: a few years ago, the film bureau became its own government entity, independent from the Radio and Television Administration that issued most of the infamous media bans.
In other words, I'm guessing the time travel ban no longer applies to motion pictures. But that's just my guess.
@@AccentedCinema let's hope it'll stay that way and promote more creativity from the industry (i mean in a good way)
I believe the ban only exists if the film touches on historical events. So time travel back to the civil war would likely be forbidden, but time travel to 1981 as nothing more than a storytelling device to have the protagonist able to develop a relationship with her mother in her youth would be allowed.
@@bblvrable There's an upcoming drama starring A list actress Ni Ni and Deng Lun with the premise of a man time travelling between 1937 and the present day. And the Sino-Japanese war appears to be a major plot point. So no, not really.
Well I mean the plot is not written with a time-travel setting to begin with, unlike 庆余年，which has a clear hint to indicate that the setting was changed afterward, Hi,Mom's story happend in her mother's dream world. The charactor 冷特 was a made up icon as the mother's ideal son in law.
First off, deepest condolences to you. I hope you realise, just like Jia Ling, that having had the chance to raise and see you grow up brought your grandfather immense joy and wonderful fulfillment throughout his life
Thank you for sharing your review of this gem - I definitely need to find it now :)
Accented cinema is my favorite RUclipsr in 2021
me too
OK, you're right. I'm gonna call my grandma.
Do it. I'm studying in Russia and come back to China once or twice a year. My granny turned from "come in my child I miss you" to "oh excuse me who are you" in less than one year and she now cannot even speak. I miss her
I'm 90s kid from the Middle East. This film resonated with me so hard that I couldn't help crying for the final quarter of the movie. The 80s furniture and aesthetic was very similar to what I experienced in my older relatives' homes and older buildings here and the family dynamics aren't that different.
Brilliant movie with brilliant acting. Thank you so much for this recommendation!
One thing you said that really struck me, was the internal racism that Chinese people had/have towards themselves. I was born and raised in a Western country, so I only thought my internalised racism was because of the bullying and the environment in which I grew up. I really hope what you said is true, that the Chinese people (especially the millennials) are beginning to embrace their culture and history with pride now. I think this pride will radiate and spread across the world so that all the people of Chinese ethnicity can fully embrace their heritage and not try to push it away or mould themselves into a "white" person.
They should and iys probably because our culture is shit even Americans know it alot of westerners and Americans like myself even European notice how bad their and our culture is there'd alot of narcissism and fifth and degeneration and immorality in our countries our family structure and values are getting destroyed for the sake of maximizing freedom and equality that means fall back on religions culture social norms marriage family well as the attack on masculinity and neglection of the value of women womanhood is getting turned into a costume that can be worn by anyone claimed by anyone snd masculinity is becoming bad and toxic and getting attacked well as identity politics is separating everyone and now unity with than a nation is getting destroyed bo longer community based its called wokeism and radical liberalism and too much progression which is leading to degeneration and regression we rather praise filth than cleanliness our society is getting socially politically culturally morally destroyed
It's called white supremacy well wqs called that I mean back in 1800s to early 1900s it was white supremacy which bread western imperialism and colonialism bit now and days its less racist and more "inclusive " but still with western values same ideology and same ways its now making everything like the west that mean completely erasing foreign cultures traditions and values for the sake of progression and modernity words and ideology all created by the west usa and European nations and they are still doing it today
Younger generations like mine are definitely very proud. I would say that out of all of the generations, mine has the least.
We grew up in an era where being Chinese is cool, where hanfu and Chinese cultural things and Chinese myths are cool.
Our songs are Chinese style and our entertainment is Chinese as well.
As a Canadian-born-Chinese, I feel you! Being Chinese in the west kind of sucks since sinophobia is currently so rampant and in the past China was considered dirty and poor, so I’ve definitely dealt with my fair share of being shamed just for being Chinese.
But I can guarantee that Chinese people are definitely becoming more and more proud of their traditional culture and history. It probably helps that China is now in a more stable position, rather than the tumultuous period of the 20th century that forced China to modernize to avoid the threats of war and colonization.
That being said, stuff like hanfu and gufeng are more popular than ever! You can see youths in the streets wearing hanfu and there are more and more hanfu brands than ever, and lots of music use traditional Chinese elements.
The media industry is growing too, and besides cpop, there’s also cdramas and donghua and manhua-all of which that’s been growing more popular. It’s honestly quite exciting.
And as this video shows, channels like Li Ziqi and Dianxi Xiaoge are celebrated, even though they show off rural life-lifestyles that people would previously scoff at _because_ it’s rural. More people now are thus proud of all aspects of Chinese history and culture, which is really nice.
It’s served as a great source of comfort for me, and I hope it serves as comfort for you as well. And I definitely recommend checking out more Chinese media! It’s always fun and exciting seeing what’s come out of China recently.
@@kukuandkookie stop making up phobias that don't exist its called racism and prejudice u can attach phobia to anything pedophilia necrophobia Islamophobia homophobia fatphobia incestphobia heterophobia biphobia panphobia learn to be educated all thsie sre juts words to manipulate u and silence u from disagreing
My stepfather remained at his bed for four months after his back surgery before he died due to his weakened state and inability to move without assistance. A month later, my dad was in the ICU waiting for his blood transfusion to proceed while I was in my brother's car outside the hospital. When I went back home to change, I was called by my cousin informing me that dad passed away during the procedure. A few weeks later, one of my uncles died of cardiac arrest while working as a security guard and my mom's sister-in-law died of cardiac arrest before Christmas of 2020. They were all cremated.
2020 was not a very good year to everyone.
I lost my grandpa last year too. Just like you, I was stuck on the other side of the world, unable to fly to China. And thus, I lost my last surviving grandparent. When JiaLing’s mum said “I just want her to be healthy and happy” I bursted into tears. We grew up with so much parental pressure to succeed, to be the best at everything we do.
Happy to see truck-kun make it big in China after having a successful career in Japan
This made me pretty emotional. Definitely resonate with the thesis. Thank you!
I really appreciate these non-English movie reccomendations. It's very hard to get out of the hollywood bubble when you live in English speaking western countries.
This sounds like the kind of movie I would adore and I can't wait to actually sit down and watch it.
Any clue how western countries can watch this movie?
Damnit you made me cry. I haven't even seen the film. That line at about what her daughter/child would be like struck me hard. I love your videos and wish you the best!!! Love from the Philippines.
please watch this movie..its a simple movie, but there's some part that was very good for me. It was simple, heartwarming and sad movie at the end
This channel is one of my favorite in terms of learning about international filmmaking
This film was one of the very few Chinese mainland productions that had my tears streaming down my face incessantly at the cinema.
Saw this video, watched 1 minute and burst into tears. Stopped and went to watch the film it and now I’m back to finish the video. Thanks for introducing this movie to me. 😭❤️
Im about to do the exact same thing. The moment i saw the spoiler warning i paused the video and searched for the movie.
I can understand the nature of this film and the popularity among it. This film based on this video essay for me is idea of back to simple times. When internet actually pushed us to be more interconnected, it actually force us to run toward the future. Anything need to be new and quick. Hyper progression actually taken toll for time. Time that's finite and cannot be brought spend toward future.
The film resonate not because for "good old days" but it "slow" the time and enable Millennial to take a breath to catch up what are they missing
This movie is so warm and funny! Comedy is probably my favorite genre when it comes to Chinese cinema and Jia Ling is really so charismatic, I just think she’s so good at what she does… I watched it in the theater as soon as it was released and the laughter and cry throughout the movie from the very first scene to the end was unstoppable! One of the most emotional experiences from last year!
This is a great movie to watch! It was actually a short skit during CCTV's 春晚 adapted into a movie format if I'm not wrong. Highly recommended to watch, thanks for writing about this.
it's from another show ruclips.net/video/6AXd3bAui8M/видео.html here you are
@@rickr9435 oh ya! thanks for the link!
That's where I first saw this too, I didn't know they made a movie based on it until now!
I finished watching this movie and its the only one that I bursted into tears in 2022 because it hits home so hard that I can't.
It's a very beautiful movie that I think many people can relate to .
It's strange to look at lists of the highest-grossing films of a given year and see how many of them are Chinese movies that got absolutely zero coverage in the US. What is the best way to learn about Chinese films like these that don't end up being shared around film bro circles? What's the best way to watch movies like these without turning to the high seas? I feel like I'm always learning about these movies from your channel and I would like to take the initiative to actually be ahead of the curve for once moving into 2022.
This is pre-covid advice so... Hopefully it'll be useful again one day.
Smaller cinemas usually plays a lot of foreign films, and usually high profile ones, too. Check out these local cinemas, see which one strikes your fancy, and do a bit of research on your phone. It's a pretty great way of getting into foreign cinema.
Yes because as a fellow American I notice western nations don't respect foreign cultures its all about west is netter the west is better and western nations love to force their value their culture down other people's throat also their way of governing and if u disagree and oppose western nations they will demonize u in the media and insult yiur country and nation threw manipulation of the media and also power they can even sanction you as a western myself saying this
It’s called racism. Most coverage of anything China related is passive aggressively racist and filled with centuries old “Yellow horde” racist trope.
I'm really sorry about your grandpa. Losing someone you love is hard.
after watching your review, i downloaded the movie and watched it with my wife. the story is truly beautiful and as a new parent, i can really relate with the story. thanks for always introducing so many good movie that i never heard before.
100 years is so little to time to appreciate everything this life has to offer. We must respect, protect, learn, share and be a example for as much people we can.
Great video, AC. Happy Lunar New Year!
Everything old is cool again. I grew up in the 80s in Hong Kong and the "old school" retro theme on TVs were the Republic Era (1910-1949) Shanghai gangster shows.
I'm so happy to see your channel getting better and better❤
海外的中国学生看完太有同感了。
Dear sir
Your film recommendations are always spot on. I needed this film so badly at this moment. Thank you very much for doing what you do.
please watch this movie..its a simple movie, and yet heartwarming movie
I'm a little surprised Netflix hasn't bought this for US distribution. It seems like a natural for them.
I'm surprised too. The film currently is limited to a very niche streaming platform even in China.
The film has like 10+ production company logos, which probably complicates the home releases a lot.
@@AccentedCinema do you mind sharing where or how we can watch this movie? thank you for making this video and sharing your thoughts and stories. Sorry about your grandpa 💔
Love your videos! If I may request something I'd like to ask you to review Dear Ex because it's extremely nuanced portrayal of a tumultuous mother - son relationship brought me to tears
I'm so glad you made this video because I love this movie, and I believe it deserves more recognition for what it has achieved and the message it's trying to send. That being said, both this movie and this video essay gave me emotional damage in the best way.
I bawled like a baby when I watched Hi, Mom
I hear you! I too lost my grandfather last year and didn't get to attend his funeral. Many elders in my family are either hospitalized or fighting old age whereas my cousins are becoming parents.
So this movie completely makes sense to me.
I will try to watch it once I am free.
Thank you so much for covering this and giving me awareness of this movie. I loved it, brought tears to my eyes.
Oh boy Accented Cinema made another video! Time to have another world reivaluation!
"people are there to see where they came from" and i suddenly started bawling. Wth that was so uncalled for!
Took awhile to finally watch this (then come back to this video to see what you had to say about it). I'm Korean so I can't really comment on the nostalgia part of the film. But it made me cry. So, good movie.
This channel is my main source for good cinema from Asian, especially Chinese language film. Keep up the good work 💪
Sorry to hear about your grandfather. My condolences.
Beautiful synopsis and video, I'll be sure to give the movie a watch.
I haven't cried with video in a while. I will definitely watch this movie.
Thanks
I have come across great movies thanks to your videos, Happy Lunar New Year🎉🎉
Love this movie!
Can you please do a review on Let the Bullets Fly? It’s my all time favorite!
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I saw this movie when it came out. At that time it was nice but I thought nothing of it. Now that my mother died in July, I just cry and cry watching your video essay.
My condolences to you for your passing of your grandpa, I hope you were able to still find a way to pray for his safe passage through his afterlife. I too had a passing of my grandfather a few months back, but through the influence of my dad's family circle and him being the eldest, they were able to delay for quarantine (21 days) and through a massive flight catastrophe and luck of not having borders closed until after my arrival till end of CNY, I landed safely and had a proper procedure. I never thought I'd cry but even in writing this message, I feel the sadness and hope you can have a way to find closure with your grandpa. Thank you for sharing another great video on a retro Chinese film.
The Church of the Algorithm officially certifies this video in the ones and zeroes of The Recommending Holiness.
I watched it last year and i thought it was just a regular comedy movie. Until the plot twist came, that is. I thought the movie was gonna end and Ling realized something and that reveal had me ugly cry for 10 minutes. It really elevated the whole film from a sweet and fun movie to one of the most genuine and emotional films i have ever watched.
Glad that u made this video. It is one of my favourite Chinese films in the last decade
Every time I see videos about this film I’d cry my eyes out
@Accented Cinema 祝你虎年大吉、万事如意！ 感谢你创造油管最好的频道。Honestly, thank you so much man for making the best channel on youtube. All of your videos are extremely insightful and up lifting.
watched the movie few month ago, and it's indeed one of the best movie of 2021! very funny, touching and if i'm not mistaken Rare to see Chinese movie with time travel theme and this is my favorite theme (back to the future fan here ^^).
As foreigner living in China, the movie is, to my eye, international. I heard she wanted to release the movie overseas but some Chinese outlets said foreigners might not understand the movie, so it will be hard to sell it.
i will say GO FOR IT!!! The movie is totally for everybody and not just for Chinese audiences^^ , if one day the movie got a release out of China, you guys should go watch it on big screen ^^
My condolences to you and your family. Your channel is seriously a gem. Completely original and unique. You always make me feel and think deeply with your videos.
Loved this.
You mentioned you have more to say about this film, I would love to see another video essay.
I watched this movie on the plane back home (one of) after a month of visiting my boyfriend in the US. It made me miss my mom a lot, especially since I feel like she'd really love this movie. She lost her mom some few years back, my granny had a lot of health issues and ended up passing away near Passover, and I still remember her telling me the news and telling me to remember my grandma not as her in pain at the hospital, but her small habits. The movie as a whole made me really emotional because of that alone
Really, really sorry to hear about your grandfather. Hope you're okay man. Love your videos, wish you all the best.
This movie seems very heart-felt. Which makes sense if the director made it because of their own mother. Sorry for your loss, and I hope your dad rests in peace.
after watching this video and then the actual movie, I agree with your assessment about the ending! It was very touching and a must watch!
no lie i cried watching your video essay
My wife and I are going to watch this film because of you. It seems like a great movie. Thank you
This is a beautiful sweet delightful film. It made me laugh, cry and feel warmth.
My condolences, my favourite aunt whom I spent a lot of my time with in my childhood passed away in Malaysia when I was overseas from cancer. I couldn't be there when she was sick, dying, or her funeral, or even to pick her ashes up after the cremation.
Beautiful video Accented Cinema!! My condolences to you and your family. I am born in 1997 and my mother was born into a famished but later economically reformed China as well. I really do resonate with your thesis in the second half of the video, and I think your sentiment is accurate. Chinese millennials are the first generation to feel the ill effects of capitalism on such a spiritual level, and I am afraid we do not know quite how to articulate it ourselves. To lend more analysis to your anecdotal feelings Ive found marxist theory quite useful!
I think this is a subtle but profound realisation. Capitalist modernity isn't what it's made out to be - Utopia. Marxist and Maoist theory is a helpful critique of this, but I would also suggest Coloniality/Decoloniality theory. Ramon Grosfoguel is a great thinker on these issues. Instead of an alternative modernity - as China seems to be doing, can we transcend modernity and reconstitute what was lost in pursuit of modernity? In the West, as the film conveys, we have indeed lost 'time' for each other, for our families, our communities (we don't even have those anymore!). What is a society without sociability, conviviality, reciprocity, when the sole goal in life is to partake in money exchange to satisfy a never ending need for meaningless material stuff?
That was a bit of a ramble, but great points!
I cried just by your narration
this movie is going to be a must watch
I watched it two days ago, it was very heartfelt and emotional. I understand that this film bringing the retro chinese nostalgia however, I think this movie also universal and it represent a universal theme of mother and children relationship. We all want our mother to be proud of us and we want to make our mother happy and we are even ready to sacrifice our existance.
Happy luner new year, may your grandfather Rest In Peace and I’ll definitely check this movie out.
I watched the film following your video - it was amazing to watch, I loved it! I never would have come across it otherwise and had a deeper appreciation of it following your analysis. Thank you for not giving away a major spoiler!
Watching this video is already making me feel emotional about a movie I haven't watched yet!! I should check it out soon!!!!
I could hear the soundtrack just by reading the title 🥰
somehow rural malaysia gives me that mainland china retro vibes like in this movie
Thank you for introducing me to such a beautiful movie, You made my day.
I thought it was going to be kind of similar in tone to 20 once again, but it was so much more sincere. Great seeing more original films of quality coming out and getting the recognition they deserve
The song,and tone if the movie itself already made me feel warm
Could not have said it any better. I agree with you 100% about the film, and about why the movie is such a success. I am sorry for your loss but this video will make your grandfather proud. I believe so.
Honestly, often your essays are way better than the movie itself (at least to me). Great vids
Wholesome movie like these is what we really need in time like these. Love your video thesis.
Gracias a Eskter y @Accented Cinema a lot of thanks
This was such a beautifully written video.
Awesome video! Dude, I think you mispelled Favorite in the thumbnail. Just letting you know!
Thanks for another great video. I’m sorry for your loss, especially being so far from family.
Thank you soo much for sharing this gem. I just finished watching it and it is one of the most heart warming and amazing movies I've ever seen. It has become one of the best ones I have ever seen, thank you, I bawled my eyes out and it's so beautifully executed.
OMG I WAS TRYING TO FIND THIS my dad showed me this and i wanted to rewatch it!
I'd really like to see your take on 地久天长. Are you planning on making a video about it someday?
Never cried during a video essay before ! Great work and my condolences.
goddamnit this is the 2nd time this channel made me cry over a youtube video.
This nostalgia phenomenon in Mainland China can be closely compared with S. Korea's recent surge in interest regarding cultural and societal artifacts of the 1980s-1990s. This trend is now being called "newtro" in Korea and its influence can be seen everywhere from clothing trends, music, and even the massive wave of young Koreans gutting out formerly abandoned and worn-down industrial and residential areas of Seoul and turning them into trendy clothing boutiques, restaurants, cafes.
A paper I read for a Korean film class several semesters back coined the term "compressed modernity." Essentially, the gist is, since s. Korea experienced societal transformation post-Korean war at such a breakneck speed (essentially, s. Korea underwent a societal change which Western European countries underwent in two to three centuries within a matter of 40-50 years), modernity and generational memories have been "compressed." For instance, my parents, born in the late 1950s (post-war Korea) and early 1960s (early Yusin regime Korea) in Korea, have wildly different life experiences than Koreans born just 5-10 years after them shaped by vastly differing cultural circumstances, national landscapes, and material conditions. For instance, my father (born three years after the armistice of the Korean War) remembers spending the earlier days of his childhood living in a Choga-jip (thatch roof Korean traditional home). Whereas my mother, who was born in the early 1960s, grew up in a suburban-style concrete semi-basement (think of the one from Parasite). What makes this difference even more shocking is that both of my parents were born in Seoul.
Hence, film and media as well as other cultural mediums are ways in which not only the older generation can essentially "decompress modernity" and their memories but it also acts as a means for the younger generation to connect and reimagine a world so incredibly foreign to them despite just being a few decades distant. Comparable to "Hi Mom" in terms of cultural impact is Korea's "Reply 1988" series (2015) which recounts the heartwarming neighborhood stories of a group of childhood friends growing up during the post-democratization s. Korea. Its color palette, like "Hi Mom", is bright and warm, and it conjures a deep sense of longing for a simpler time in a society still held together by tightly-knit social networks and a society filled with general kindness and trust for one another. These depictions are rather interesting given the actual state of Korea during this time (immense military government repression with Korea only becoming a pseudo-democracy in 1987). Depictions of this era prior to this trend would have been similar to Bong Joon-ho's Memories of Murder which utilizes a drab gray palette depicting a repressed and chaotic society ruled by a militarized government whose only means of politics were force and violence.
Therefore, it's reasonable to see such trends arising in China given that the transformation which the country has undergone even in the last 30 years is incomparable to Korea's (incomparable by anything else in human history for that matter). At the same time, it's great to see that Chinese youth are now reinterpreting history and their national past as a means of recollecting and rebuilding national pride and identity.
the plot sounds similar to petite maman (2021), another film that made me and my mom cry so i will be tuning in for this as well
A very good recap and commentary. One correction about the comparison between this movie and Zhang Yimou's movie about the 70s. 70s was a dark age, while 80s was a time of openness and optimism due to Deng's new policies.
Ow. Hit me right in the feels at the end there?
Just finished watching this after seeing this video. Loved it! Heartwarming and beautiful!
I said it before and i'll say it again. This is a beautiful movie. I wouldn't have stumbled across this work of art without your channel and recommendation. Please keep it up. Thanks!!
Stop this video and calls your mom and tell her yes, you have eaten.
These are the stories that makes you realize how far apart our parents from China and us are in culture, but no matter what we cannot lose our connection to previous generations.