Dear You, and the stories of love and migration the Filipino-Chinese pass down
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I went into Dear You expecting a tear-jerker. I came out thinking about my Gua-kong, the small boat that carried him out of China, and the life he built on this side of the sea. How wonderful, then, that a Teochew story could closely echo across so many Filipino-Chinese families.
But before I get ahead of myself, a bit about the movie first. Made on a modest budget, Dear You has become a surprise hit in China, remarkable because the whole film is spoken not in Mandarin but in Teochew, the reg
But before I get ahead of myself, a bit about the movie first. Made on a modest budget, Dear You has become a surprise hit in China, remarkable because the whole film is spoken not in Mandarin but in Teochew, the reg
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