Shower
Mandarin, English Subtitles
1999, 94 minutes
5 Stars
A 'feel good' movie about Da Ming who left his small,
provincial town to seek his fortune in the big city, who, when he receives a
postcard from his developmentally disabled brother Er Ming, returns home
thinking his father was ill. Dad and Er Ming run a bathhouse where the local
men come to get a bath, right crickets, and enjoy life at a leisurely pace.
However, Modernization rears its ugly head, and the neighborhood is to be
destroyed to make way for high-rise buildings and shopping malls. There is much
humor and the acting is uniformly excellent. This is a film the whole family
can enjoy (there is nudity, but not frontal or sexual). Even if you are not a
fan of subtitles, these are so well done they seem to disappear. Da Ming
realizes the meaning of family.
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