Chinese Chocolate

I've seen this film at the Berlin Film Festival. It was a packed, full-house screening. Some people even sat on the stairs watching. They actually added an extra screening later upon the audience's demand. The movie was beautifully shot and performed even though the story was pretty bleak, sometimes too dark to bear. After the screening, there was a heated debate among the audience just like the one happened to Justin Lin's screening of his movie "Better Luck Tomorrow" at Sundance. The interesting issue is that the film was focused on the sexuality of Chinese immigrants, especially women. It's wonderful to see something fresh like this on the screen. But I found many Asian audience had hard time to accept the truth - the dark side of their own race - on the big screen. They might talk about it behind the door but not in public. It's taboo. I understand we all want to see positive images of Asian characters in movies, but the truth is the truth, and it cannot be ignored and neglected.

All I can say is that Chinese Chocolate is bitter but delicious!