The story is like an extension of the "Southern theme", which weakens the influence of the land bondage, but emphasizes the family relationship and its roots. The beginning and end of the movie can feel the process of return and escape, and all the dramatic conflicts clarify the reasons for us. , How the past affects the present, how parents affect their children, how conflicts in a big family form and last for many years without the possibility of resolving them, similar encounters on the two generations of mother and daughter will not give birth to emotions such as understanding. "He is your brother" and "A mistake I made when I was young" are very familiar to us. They have been popular since ancient Greece, but they are still very contagious, isn't it?
The best is of course Aunt Mei, the old woman who can't die. It's a bit like the lines of the Chinese opera, the film-like performance is no longer invisible. Roberts and her can only be played by the second, and was frustrated by the second. In fact, Julia has a kind of Romanesque beauty in the film. Ivan McGregor and Chris Cooper are very good, there is a kind of anger or exhaustion that plunges into life.
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