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[Episode] Hi, Mom & Chinese Nostalgia | Video Essay (Patreon)

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2022-02-03 15:55:42

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2023-04

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Happy Lunar New Year!

I want to cover something light and heartfelt for new year, and I suppose there is no better choice than last year's new year hit, and one of my favourite films from 2021: Hi, Mom.

To put it simply, Hi, Mom is a movie about a time-traveling daughter befriending her mom in 1981. It's a fun little movie that feels deeply personal to the writer-director, as well as to the rest of China. For this reason, Hi, Mom became a huge hit. It overtook highly anticipated sequels like Detective Chinatown 3 in the box office. It also overtook Wonder Woman as the highest grossing movie directed by a solo female director.

It's an important movie that went mostly unnoticed outside of China, and I think it's deserving of everyone's attention.

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Hi, Mom & Chinese Nostalgia | Video Essay

Use this like to get up to 20% off for our Valentine's Day sale on Easter products: https://shop.ekster.com/accented-cinema Accented Cinema - Episode 79 Let's talk about one of my favorite movies from 2021, a little-known comedy from Mainland China called Hi, Mom. On the surface, it seems like a cliche film with the same premise as Back to the Future. But if you are willing to examine it closely, this is one of the most sincere and honest films you may have seen in a very long time. ------------------------------------------ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AccentedCinema Follow us on Social Media! https://www.facebook.com/AccentedCinema/ https://twitter.com/AccentedCinema