{"id":408,"date":"2018-08-13T08:58:05","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T08:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=408"},"modified":"2018-08-13T08:58:05","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T08:58:05","slug":"bao-a-short-film-that-tugs-the-heart-strings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=408","title":{"rendered":"Bao\u00a0– a short film that tugs the heart strings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bao<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>is\u00a0a tale of a woman whose steamed bun comes to life.<\/h3>\n

Premiering before the\u00a0Incredibles 2<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0it is written and directed by Domee Shi,\u00a0the first female director of a Pixar short film.<\/p>\n

\"Domee<\/p>\n

Domee Shi told\u00a0\u00a0Carina Hsieh\u00a0of Cosmopolitan that she\u00a0wanted to tell the\u00a0universal stories\u00a0of food bringing family together and of overprotective parents learning to let go of their children.\u00a0However Carina notes that some social media reports suggest the film is\u00a0difficult to understand.<\/p>\n

Poppycock.<\/strong><\/p>\n

*Contains spoilers*
\nThe film tells the story of a mother watching her son grow to adulthood. Her little dumpling loves being with her at the start, but then is lured away to play sport with his friends, This turns into\u00a0teenage rebellion and, ultimately, he replaces her role, as the woman in his life, with a fianc\u00e9.<\/p>\n

As a mother whose “little dumpling” left home to live with his girlfriend last year, I was in tears. <\/strong><\/p>\n

And I’m not alone in that.\u00a0Jess Lee\u00a0of digitalspy was too. As she points out “Motherhood, loneliness, family, love, food bringing people together \u2013 these themes are hardly unique to Asian culture, and if somebody’s refusal to look beyond their own experience leads them to miss the point of the short, then they’re truly missing out.”<\/p>\n

There is a twist at the end of the film. The\u00a0“little dumpling”, ie the mother’s real son, returns\u00a0home and, pushed by his father, offers\u00a0the mum a Chinese treat . Not a dry eye in the house.<\/p>\n

I’d recommend this film.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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