Lauded Canadian drama Riceboy Sleeps marks arrival of a ferociously talented storyteller
. Certainly, the two films share subject matter and a deeply contemplative sensibility, the latter of which helped earnsix Academy Award nominations in 2021. But that is the easy comparison to make. And there is nothing aboutThe second feature from the Vancouver-based Anthony Shim,is loosely based on the writer-director’s own upbringing, and takes full advantage of Telefilm Canada’son funding productions that involve languages other than English, French or Indigenous languages.
Nobody, it seems, is in a position to genuinely help the mother and son, either. So-young receives a gentle suggestion from Dong-Hyun’s teacher to change his name to something more anglicized , and she only has one friend, a fellow Korean factory worker whose only real connection is a shared first language. The mother and son have each other, but even that doesn’t seem to be enough to hold them together.
Anthony Shim's movie about growing up as a Korean immigrant iin Vancouver has proved a hit in his native South Korea.But something is still nagging at Dong-Hyun, and his mother, too. Which is when the film makes a surprising shift again, moving the action to rural South Korea, where the messy ruins of the past run headfirst into the promises of the future.
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