The highly acclaimed Thai movie "Grandma's Grandson" was released, and the Chengdu audience exclaimed that "Thai" was tear-jerking!
2024-08-24
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Cover News reporter Zhou Qin photographed the report
On August 23, the movie "Grandma's Grandson", which has a high box office and high reputation in Thailand, was officially released in China. That night, the premiere night of "Grandma's Grandson" was held at the Chengdu Palace Cinema Taikoo Li Branch. More than 100 viewers watched the film and were moved by its delicate and warm narrative style.
On the evening of August 23, the premiere night of the movie "Grandma's Grandson" was held at the Palace Cinemas Taikoo Li branch.
The movie "Grandma's Grandson" is adapted from a true story and tells the story of a Chinese family in Thailand. The grandson quit his job to take care of his dying grandmother. He played the role of a loyal grandson not only out of love, but also for a huge inheritance worth millions of dollars. After being first released in Thailand in April this year, it touched the hearts of the audience with its delicate and warm narrative style. First, it won the box office championship of Thailand in 2024, and then broke the box office records in Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and other places, setting off a collective viewing craze among three generations of a family.
The main creative team of "Grandma's Grandson" is also both powerful and popular. Producer Kira Maligor is the producer of the movie "Bad Genius", while director and screenwriter Pat Bonitipat has directed the TV version of "Bad Genius". The grandson A'an is played by the popular Thai actor Ma Qunyao. As a Thai-Chinese whose ancestral home is Shantou, Ma Qunyao and A'an have a similar Chinese cultural background. He once said that he felt "very cordial" when he first came into contact with the script. The grandmother in the movie is played by amateur actor Usha Seamkhum, who "played the first female lead in her life in her seventies". Her touching interaction with Ma Qunyao won many audiences tears and praise. Usha Seamkhum said: "Every family has its own problems. When acting, I put my own life experience into it. No matter how many disputes there are between family members, love will not change. We just need to remind each other in some way not to forget everyone's love."
Poster of the movie "Grandma's Grandson" from the film studio
It is worth mentioning that the film also conveys a wealth of Chinese elements: Chaoshan dialect, Chaoshan folk songs, Chinese food, Qingming tomb sweeping... From lifestyle, family structure, kinship, etc., all aspects are filled with the shadow of Chinese families. The cultural commonality and resonance like "looking in the mirror" makes "Grandma's Grandson" extremely emotional in its presentation of topics such as family memory, death, separation, original family, and childhood trauma.
According to Maoyan Professional Edition data, as of now, the box office of "Grandma's Grandson" on its first day of release has exceeded 10.84 million. "Grandma's Grandson" currently has a Douban score of 9.0. Can this film, which was released at the end of the summer season, become a box office dark horse with its good reputation? It is worth looking forward to.
