If you ever get a chance to see that movie, you should and then understand the whole Chinese culture. It's about the matriarch of the family dies, and all the kids hated her for one reason or another. And the mother wanted this traditional funeral which lasts for 7 days. The whole point is to have these estranged kids get to know each other again, and get to know their mother.
What they found, asides from the pain they each carry, and each of their burden because of their mother that has led them to the divide. They found out secrets about their mother, one of their sisters, and journey thru this process to find themselves. It's a very well-written movie.
More importantly, it shows how typical our culture is: parents want a better lives for the children, want them to be Americans. The parents shamed, guilt, and just tormented the kids, nothing is good enough, there's no warm and fuzzy like the Americans growing up. Yet, when they talk to the other people, they realize how proud their mother is of them. C'est typique a Chinoise cultureil (It's very typical of the Chinese Culture).
In any case, the best scene must be where they go to the shop to buy a paper house, a paper car to burn for their mother's after life. It's very Chinese to do that, but the funny part of this was they were debating what model of car and what kind of house, and the argument that goes along w/ it.
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