Coming Home Again (2019)

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Coming Home Again 2019 Based on a personal essay by Chang rae Lee published in The New Yorker, Coming Home Again is an intimate family drama about a mother, a son, and the burden of family expectations Chang rae, a first generation Korean American, has returned to his family home in San Francisco to care for his ailing mother He wants only to fulfill his role as the supportive son, but must also come to terms with his conflicted emotions towards his mother The film takes place over the course of one full day During this day, he attempts to prepare a traditional Korean dinner for New Years Eve The one she always cooked for the family The care and precision that goes into preparing this meal gives him time to reflect on the intense relationship between them Memories about it become a doorway into a woman who was so much more than the mother he thought he knew Chang rae is now faced with the dilemma of living with the permanent scars of family sacrifice unresolved, or the risk of opening new wounds with his mother dying