Lynn Chen’s “I Will Make You Mine” proves yet again that black-and-white films are often anything but. Overseeing a debut that’s nuanced and gently wry (and shot to sumptuous effect), she brings fi…
” proves yet again that black-and-white films are often anything but. Overseeing a debut that’s nuanced and gently wry , she brings fine shading to the story of three very different women and the thwarted musician who still exerts some gravitational pull in their lives, and vice versa.
In retraining the focus from Goh to Erika, Rachel and Yea-Ming, Chen makes a female-forward work with three generously drawn roles for Asian women actors. She shifts a storyline in which she appeared as a pretty love interest and writes this older Rachel as a woman experiencing a thorny moment in her understanding of self and marriage. Both Erika and Yea-Ming’s lives also get more screen time to breathe.
As for Goh, he’s a figure of regret and kindness. He’s a considerate dad but his music career has gone from promising, if modest, to singing in the storeroom of his workplace. Yea-Ming is still making music but also working at a bar/restaurant and taking a nanny interview for a gig that doesn’t sound at all like a good fit. Haunting her father’s house, Erika experiences a raft of conflicting feelings. Each of them are of that age when they’re wondering about the paths they took.
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