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Go Back to China (2019)

Go Back to China poster
Directed by
Emily Ting
Genre
drama film
Country
People's Republic of China, United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman who has been living a carefree life in Los Angeles is sent by her father to work at the family toy factory in Shenzhen China. There she must learn the business and reconnect with her relatives.

bittersweetpersonalfamily-focusedwarmcontemplativeemotionalgroundedsincere

What happens

Go Back to China is a 2019 drama film written and directed by Emily Ting. It stars Anna Akana as Sasha Li, a trust fund wannabe designer whose father pressures her to go to Shenzhen to learn the family business. The film is semi-autobiographical and is based on Ting's life and relationship with her father. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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