Johnny Ma‘s Canadian diaspora feature “The Mother and the Bear” packed the Royal Alexander Theater for its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival last week. The charming comedy follows the adventures of Sara (Kim Ho-jung), a Korean mother who flies over to Winnipeg, Canada for the first time. The circumstances of the visit are not quite opportune, however. Her daughter has fallen into a deep coma; the biting Winnipeg winter seeps into her bones; and worst of all, there seems to be no real Korean food wherever she goes. As Sara learns to adjust in this foreign land without family, she stumbles upon a handsome Korean boy – and his father, a restauranteur (Lee Won-jae) – in the neighborhood. One thing leads to another, and before she knows it, Sara is on the dating apps supposedly for her daughter’s sake.
We spoke to director Johnny Ma and actors Kim...
We spoke to director Johnny Ma and actors Kim...
- 9/15/2024
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
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