Gu wei

The movie did its job to hold a big concern with the mother for over 2 hours, & unfold smoothly at the end, & close nicely, revealing beautiful personas of each character, even the farther. What they did are just to carry out their responsibilities as a member in the family, a mother, a husband, a daughter & sisters, with all the love they have got, in their own way. There would be better solution for each situation that was draw out in the story, yet, all their fragile actions make the movie so emotional & warm.

I love the movie & how it was told.

A drama from Taiwan. It is about a woman and her daughters who must perform the funeral rites of their ex-husband and father, unleashing the pain and kept secrets. Quality. Hard. Reflexive. Daily. Interpretative. Parsimonious in the extreme. At times you feel that nothing happens in more than two hours of movies, you must stay until the end. Talk about letting go of things from the past that hurt us, about forgiveness and love. About those things that we hope for and live each day being happy despite life's situations. Of family relationships and their disruptions. A detail that, as they all look alike, some stories become confusing and that some moments you must interpret. A film that shows that a woman's heart is a sea of love and secrets.

With the tradition and Chinese culture this movie performed it impeccably. Taiwan is one of the countries with strong family value and love surround between people. Mainland China cannot make this kind of movie as their product is always overdramatic, hk and Singapore won't have this background support and will become lame for this topic and always commercial kind. This movie just so natural and telling a story in a woman family. It just full of love and tears from this movie, if you have connection with any Taiwanese and been in their culture, you will like it.

When an absent father dies, his daughters clash with their mother.

A family drama in Taiwan, far from the canons we're used to by Hollywood studios.

I am more and more attracted to slow-burners like this one, where we are treated, little by little, with the elements that build the narrative, in a very intelligent way.

The way it's structured allows the viewer to change their opinion about the developments that they see on screen, and to root for different characters, as the story unfolds.

It's mainly about reflection, morality and rigidity of tradition, and being at peace, on a personal level, and then with others, and letting life take the course it is supposed to.

The recurring flashbacks can be confusing sometimes, without the proper context.

There's no jaw-dropping twists, just surprises, that I personally liked. The final scenes are undoubtedly the highlight of the film, and well worth the wait.

Keeps you on your toes...remembering names...who is related to who...married to who. But, well worth watching. All families are confronted with the same issues...no matter the culture or nationality.