“Meditation Park” by Mina Shum (2017)
(excellent) Movies directed by women
Tribute to Mina Shum (3/3)
Excellent personages, dialogues, and direction
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For her third feature, Mina Shum tackles again the problem of integration, this time, she takes the point of view of an older Chinese woman in Toronto who is kept subjugated by her husband. One day, she discovers that he cheats on her and decides to set herself free.
A warm and very real woman who belongs to the ‘forgotten’ individuals of our society; A husband who is prisoner of his Confucian values; and their children as mixed second-generation couples. All these aspects characterize Mina Shum’s work.
Rotten Tomatoes Critics 7,7
Metascore —
Roger Ebert —
Rotten Tomatoes Audience 8,4
IMDB 7,2
Average critics 7,7
Average public 7,8
Cast: Pei-Pei Cheng, Tzi Ma, Sandra Oh
Director: Mina Shum
Writer: Mina Shum
Music by Andrew Lockington
Cinematography by Peter Wunstorf
Film Editing by Daria Ellerman
