

A Korean-American man cares for his ailing mother and tries to master her traditional Korean dishes.
Acting
Jackie Chung's wordless suffering will haunt you.
Direction
Wayne Wang cooks silence like a master chef.

Director
Wayne Wang
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adapted from Chang-rae Lee's New Yorker essay, itself a Korean-American literary touchstone about the impossibility of translating love across generations.
Wayne Wang returned to micro-budget intimacy after decades of studio work—this is basically The Joy Luck Club's ghost, stripped of all hope.
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