Dim sum : a little bit of heart

Author

Wayne Wang

Call Number

• DVD DRAMA (CEN, OSH)

Edition

Director-approved DVD special edition.

Languages

In English and Cantonese, with English subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Laureen Chew, Kim Chew, Victor Wong, Ida F. O. Chung, Cora Miao.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2023]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (84 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (illustrations ; 19 cm.)

Audience

MPAA rating: PG.

Summary

"Wayne Wang's follow-up to his watershed indie Chan Is Missing is a family portrait that gracefully combines the director's signature gentle humanism and eye for poignant detail. Offering another fresh perspective on San Francisco's Chinese American community, Wang takes a bittersweet look at the generational pas de deux between an aging immigrant widow and her devoted daughter, torn between filial duty and her desires. Soulfully performed by an ensemble including real-life mother and daughter Kim and Laureen Chew and Victor Wong, the Yasujiro Ozu-inspired Dim Sum: A Bit of Heart is as lovingly made as the home-cooked cuisine it celebrates."--Container.

Notes

Based on an idea by Laureen Chew, Terrel Seltzer and Wayne Wang.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1985.

Special features: High-definition digital master of a new director's cut featuring previously unseen footage, supervised by director Wayne Wang ; new conversation between Wang and filmmaker and film scholar Arthur Dong ; interview from 2004 with actor Laureen Chew.