Letters from the South, Nan fang lai xin (2013) dir. Tsai Ming liang, Royston Tan, Aditya Assarat, Midi Z, Tan Chui Mui, Sun Koh
In this omnibus film, six directors from the region each reflect on the Chinese diaspora. Thai filmmaker Aditya Assarat describes a meeting in Thailand between Paula and her friends, who have Chinese roots, with her cousin Mumu, who was born in China; Royston Tan from Singapore tells of the special meaning that making the traditional Popiah dish has for a Chinese family; Midi Zhao from Myanmar follows the death of a grandfather surrounded by Chinese customs in a village in Myanmar; Sun Koh from Singapore makes a smallscale comedy about the commercialisation of the local radio station, influenced by mainland China; Tan Chui Mui from Malaysia composes a poetic, visual reflection on being an outsider and wandering; and Tsai Mingliang, also born in Malaysia, observes the seventhstorey apartment in which he grew up as a child.
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