Riceboy Sleeps
Drama
In the 1990s, an immigrant single mother raises her teenage son in the Canadian suburbs, determined to provide a better life for him than the one she left behind in South Korea.
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A tender, introspective journey about a mother and son navigating a new world. It feels like a warm, quiet hug, exploring the bittersweet realities of building a life and finding belonging amidst challenges.
melancholichopefulintrospectivetenderslow-burnslice-of-lifecharacter-drivennaturalisticnostalgicimmigrant experiencemotherhoodidentitycoming-of-age
immigrantcoming of ageracism1990smother son relationshipkoreankorean canadian
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