Successful entrepreneur Yuan Yuan is approached by a young woman on the eve of her latest fashion showcase. Keiko, The young girl from Japan has idolized the designers work and practiced fashion as well as Mandarin in hopes of meeting her. The two build a strong connection, but within their conversations and working together, Yuan Yuan begins to recall the past that she left behind and never made peace with.
“Wish You Were Here” is screening at the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
With a renewed determination to confront her past decisions and fears, Yuan Yuan sets off to the village and family she met behind. Hoping to find peace and finally reconcile with her first husband, as well as her mother in law who drove her to her emotional limit and forced her to leave everything behind. Yuan Yuan will have to confront harsh truths about herself in...
“Wish You Were Here” is screening at the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
With a renewed determination to confront her past decisions and fears, Yuan Yuan sets off to the village and family she met behind. Hoping to find peace and finally reconcile with her first husband, as well as her mother in law who drove her to her emotional limit and forced her to leave everything behind. Yuan Yuan will have to confront harsh truths about herself in...
- 11/18/2018
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
Kenneth Bi’s directorial debut, Rice Rhapsody (2004), won Outstanding Screenplay from Taiwan’s Gio and screened at the Tokyo International Film Festival. The Drummer (2007) was selected for competition at the Sundance Film Festival and opened the 2008 Toronto Reel Asian International Film festival. It also won Best Supporting Actor (Tony Leung Ka Fai) at the Golden Horse Awards. In 2010, Bi followed up with the topical social drama, Girl$, and in 2013, he directed the neo-noir suspense thriller Control, starring Daniel Wu, Simon Yam, Yao Chen and Leon Dai. Wish You Were Here is Bi’s fifth film.
On the occasion of “Wish You Were Here” having it’s North American debut at the Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival, we speak to him about his Shaw Brothers members parents, shooting in the snow, being comfortable with one’s own heritage. different cultures, the casting of the film, and many more topics .
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On the occasion of “Wish You Were Here” having it’s North American debut at the Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival, we speak to him about his Shaw Brothers members parents, shooting in the snow, being comfortable with one’s own heritage. different cultures, the casting of the film, and many more topics .
You are...
- 11/13/2018
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
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