
But the independent film has unexpectedly become a sensation in China, receiving stellar reviews and sparking a wave of tourism to the small corner of southern Guangdong province where it is largely set.

But the independent film has unexpectedly become a sensation in China, receiving stellar reviews and sparking a wave of tourism to the small corner of southern Guangdong province where it is largely set.
Produced on a shoestring budget of just 10 million yuan (US$1.5 million), Dear You has already grossed more than 200 million yuan in China since its release on May 3. It is projected to eventually take about 800 million yuan – a record for a dialect film in the country – and is set to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival on May 15.
Dear You spans Chaoshan and Thailand, following a grandson’s search for his family history by tracing letters sent home decades ago. As he pieces together his grandfather’s story, the film explores the wider history of the great “South Seas”, or Nanyang, migration of the 1800s, when millions of economic migrants fled southern China.
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