a work of hope

Sterling 2022-04-23 07:03:55

A film from twenty years ago. In terms of narrative style, the single embedding method is too straightforward.

But in terms of content, it's undeniably fascinating. A drama about caring, communicating, and hope.

At the beginning, the monologue about mother, swan, and feather attracts attention, accompanied by the melodious flute sound, and immediately enters the play strongly. The feelings of four families and four mothers and daughters, the collision between the Chinese dynasty and the American... Many well-known actors appeared side by side and were overwhelmed.

Closing remarks: ————I brought her (mother) hope——

I cried...

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Extended Reading
  • Eileen 2022-03-23 09:03:04

    The idea is great, showing the hardships of women's awakening in different cultural backgrounds. But the shortcomings are also obvious. There are too many materials, and everyone's story is too dramatic, but the film capacity is limited, which eventually leads to the plot being too rushed, the lines are blunt, and there is a lack of more details to fill the role. About Chinese-American films, I prefer "Face". PS I watched this film to admire Yu Feihong's beauty, but I drooled at Tommy Tan Ling...

  • Zena 2022-03-18 09:01:06

    This is definitely the best woman film and the best novel adaptation I have ever seen. Every mother and daughter can see the shadows of the women of their own family, whether they understand the suffering, they are full of resonance from beginning to end, and they can't help but cry at the end.

The Joy Luck Club quotes

  • June's Father: She thought: better not die next to my babies. Nobody saves babies with such bad luck. Who wants two babies with ghost mother following them? Very bad luck, very.

  • Jing-Mei 'June' Woo: [opening naration] The old woman remembered a swan she had bought many years ago in Shanghai for a foolish sum. "This bird", boasted the market vendor, "was once a duck that stretched its neck in hopes of becoming a goose. And now look, it is too beautiful to eat!" Then the woman and the swan sailed across an ocean many thousands of lei wide, stretching their necks toward America. On her journey, she cooed to the swan, "In America, I will have a daughter just like me. But over there, nobody will say her worth is measured by the loudness of her husbands belch. Over there, nobody will look down on her because I will make her speak only perfect American English. And over there, she will always be too full to swallow any sorrow. She will know my meaning because I will give her this swan, a creature that became more than what was hoped for." But when she arrived in the new country the immigration officials pulled the swan away from her, leaving the woman fluttering her arms and with only one swan feather for a memory. For a long time now, the women had wanted to give her daughter the single swan feather and tell her; "This feather may look worthless, but it comes from afar and carries with it all my good intentions."