Alice Lee (27) has lived all her life following the very strict rules her parents have imposed for her. The story unfolds as Alice goes to Los Angeles to Visit her Brother Ralf who works in Hollywood. She quickly discovers that has been lying to the family. He is not an actor, and he works serving tables at a not very nice restaurant. Alice and Ralf go on a fun and unexpected a...
MOTHER TONGUE (母语) is a portrait of a Chinese American family in which the consequences of a mother’s decision to leave her young daughter in the care of a white American “homestay” family are slowly unearthed over the course of a family dinner.
Inspired by the “parachute kids” he knew growing up, writer/director Johnson Cheng explores the emotions of a daughter who is allowed ...