Pushing Hands

1991 / 105min / DCP

Tensions brew and language becomes a barrier when widowed tai chi master Mr. Chu (Lung Sihung) swaps Beijing for a new life in New York City, where he joins the household of his Americanized son and white daughter-in-law. Lee’s directorial debut evidences the keen eye for generational and cultural differences, as dramatized with compassion and gentle humor, that would distinguish his next two features, The Wedding Banquet (1993) and Eat Drink Man Woman (1994).

Distributor: Film Movement

Part of Jiā: Histories of Home