Letters From The South 南方来信

2013 | 105 mins | English subs

Producer: Tan Chui Mui

Director: Tsai Ming-liang, Midi Z, Tan Chui Mui, Royston Tan, Aditya Assarat, Sun Koh

Six directors each reflect on the Chinese diaspora.

Synopsis

Six Southeast Asian directors reflect on the Chinese diaspora through stories of family, memory, migration and belonging. 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 Z from Myanmar follows the death of a grandfather surrounded by Chinese customs in a village in Myanmar; Sun Koh from Singapore makes a small-scale 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 Ming-liang, also born in Malaysia, observes the seventh-storey apartment in which he grew up as a child.

Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofV8tXjn214