(dir. Alice Wu, 2004)

Just as an overwhelmed young surgical resident begins a promising romance with a flirtatious dancer, her life is turned upside down when her more traditional Chinese mother - unwed and unexpectedly pregnant - moves in with her, forcing both women to confront the generational and cultural barriers that have long troubled their relationship. Both embracing and cleverly subverting rom-com conventions, Alice Wu delivers a bighearted ode to the Chinese American diaspora, and the liberating joy of living one’s truth.