A very good movie

I always had a weak spot for Wayne Wang’s work and this movie is probably his best I have seen so far. I have still have to see his older movies but I was really impressed by this one. After this movie, he would finally make a movie not focusing on the Asian community, ‘Smoke’, and this flick was once again a tremendous critical success. Anyway, coming back to our main feature, it focuses on four women who are all Chinese immigrants living in San Francisco and we see them as they gather to play mahjong, eat and discuss life. Through the movie, we discover their struggle with the American culture, especially concerning their relationship with their daughters who are a torn between between Chinese and US lifestyle. Since I’m myself an immigrant, son of an immigrant, I had no problem to connect with these characters, even though the gap between the French and Dutch culture is not as big as the gap between the American and Chinese culture. In my opinion, it is one of the best movies dealing with this topic and I thought it was really interesting. To conclude, I thought it was quite a fascinating flick and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in this subject.

8/10