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What if cooking your mother's last meals is the only language you have left?
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Coming Home Again (2023)

quiet devastationculinary meditationgentle grief

Overview

Drama

A Korean-American man cares for his ailing mother and tries to master her traditional Korean dishes.

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mother son relationshipdiasporakorean american

Standout Aspects

Acting

Jackie Chung's wordless suffering will haunt you.

Direction

Wayne Wang cooks silence like a master chef.

Best for:Solo: When you need to ugly-cry about your mom in private.·Family: Call your mother immediately after. Trust me.
Heads up:Emotional: Terminal illness, mother-son grief that never lets you breathe.
Wayne Wang

Director

Wayne Wang

ReleasedSep 23, 2023
Runtime1h 26m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitymedium
Tonemixed
Feelheavy
Center for Asian American Media Production

Top Cast

Justin Chon

Justin Chon

Changrae

Jackie Chung

Jackie Chung

Mom

Christina July Kim

Christina July Kim

Jiyoung

Leesa Kim

Leesa Kim

Young woman

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

Adapted from Chang-rae Lee's New Yorker essay, itself a Korean-American literary touchstone about the impossibility of translating love across generations.

Insight

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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Coming Home Again Excerpt | SGIFF 2019

Coming Home Again Excerpt | SGIFF 2019

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