Dear You

46th Annual Hawai’i International Film Festival weekend at the Hilo Palace Doors open 30 min prior to first showtime of the day Synopsis: In modern-day Chaoshan, Xiaowei is broke, directionless, and convinced the answer to his problems lies with a grandfather who vanished decades ago and may still be living in Thailand—with a sizeable fortune. Treating his family”s past as a last-ditch debt relief plan, Xiaowei embarks on a journey that begins as a comic adventure but gradually unfolds into something far more profound. Through qiaopi—the letters and remittances exchanged between overseas Chinese and their families back home—he uncovers a moving story of enduring love, sacrifice, and devotion that kept his grandmother waiting for half a century. Told in the Chaoshan (Teochew) dialect, DEAR YOU is a heartfelt celebration of family, memory, and the enduring bonds of the Chinese diaspora across Southeast Asia. Eschewing blockbuster spectacle for deeply human storytelling, the film has become one of China”s sleeper hits of the year, propelled by extraordinary word of mouth and two breakout performances from Li Sitong and Wang Yantong.

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