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DramaTahun2023Durasi1h 57mIMDb7.6

Riceboy Sleeps

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Set in the 90s, a Korean single mother raises her young son in the suburbs of Canada determined to provide a better life for him than the one she left behind.

Tonton Sekarang

Trailer

Pemeran

Anthony Shim

Director

Choi Seung-yoon

So-Young

Ethan Hwang

Dong-Hyun

Dohyun Noel Hwang

Child Dong-Hyun

Anthony Shim

Simon

Hunter Dillon

Harry

Jerina Son

Mi-Sun

KI

Kang In Sung

Won-Shik

KI

Kang In Sung

In-Shik

JC

Jong-ryol Choi

Grandpa

Yong-nyeo Lee

Grandma

Vanessa Przada

Ashley

Tristan Ranger

Jackson

Aiden Finn

Eggers

Kendra Anderson

Miss Jane

Ryan Robbins

Mr. Murray

Eric Keenleyside

Principal Lafferty

John Cassini

Dr. Rydell

Wanda Ayala

Sofia

Sawyer Fraser

Jimmy Jacobs

Anthony Shim

Writer

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9 Komentar

TWICEMay 29, 2023

M1・ʚPROMay 29, 2023

source: Riceboy Sleeps

Asma Sherif MoneerMay 28, 2023

One of my favorite Director ever is Richard Linklater. And watching this movie gave me vibes of the old Linklater movies. Though, this film is much more concise with an arc. The movie is split into 3 part with 3 different moods. Begins as a coming of age story. Has the digital noise with a 4:3 aspect ratio. Colors are muted. And i thought at first it was just an artistic choice(being that it takes place in the 90's). However, it plays into the storytelling. The things we talk about from our childhood after a certain age gets fuzzy. With every emotion turned up. The happy moments seem like the happiest one has ever been. While the sad moments are the worst. The 2nd third, The colors and contrast changes. The cinematography is cleaner and warmer. But, still the aspect ratio is the same and still feels like 90s film with a slightly bigger budget. And it shows how the age of adolesence is quite a life turning experience. And the risks of escapism. The final 3rd is much more modern. With a full screen ratio. And beautiful sweeping shots. All in all. An amazing movie. Very well acted. The emotion is real and each moment with the characters is empathetic. Even some of the side characters are very endearing. A wonderful experience. And i recommend this to any fan of movies. 9/10.

fidamae_2xMay 27, 2023

This isn't an action or drama movie. It's a realistic down to earth movie. It's more then just an immigrant family trying to adapt to life in a new country. It goes deeper then that. It's about a Mother's love for her son. It made me reflect back to my childhood and my mother trying to take care of me. I even got a bit emotional watching this movie and that does not happen much. When the mother has to face the truth about her own mortality she still tries to help her son find his roots and himself. I enjoyed the music and story line and I would not change one thing about how this movie was made. At first I was not even sure I would like this movie but I was shockingly surprised. I will watch it again.

V ę t č h øMay 27, 2023

Watched it at the Kingston Canadian Film Festival. The movie was made on film so there was a grainy texture, an aged feeling. At times it felt like clips from someone's home video. There was a lot of subtle humour, beautiful imagery, and endearing cultural input that I was very familiar with. However, I was disappointed that the movie didn't excite me. Not excitement like joy or thrill. I just felt the movie was one cliche after another. It used a lot of common things that happened to immigrant families that got played out in numerous films already. I wished it had more character exploration and development outside of typical events. When they were so jam packed in a short time period, they didn't seem natural. However, the film moved away from that in the third act. The ending felt like a breath of fresh air after being stuck in the basement for years.

Huda AdilMay 27, 2023

A single mother and her young son immigrate from Korea to Canada, and she struggles (and reasonably succeeds) in making a new life and adjusting to their new surroundings. The story is told in 3 acts. First is when the son enters Grade 1, second is when he is a teenager in Canada, and third is when she takes him to Korea to learn about his roots. The director gives memorable sweeping vistas of Korea, as opposed to the more gritty views of life in Canada. But neither country is fully accepting, and it is interesting to see the hypocrisy of a school that tolerates verbal assaults, but has zero tolerance of physical assault. Things do get easier as more immigrants arrive, and life becomes less lonely. There are interesting vignettes of Korean culture, but they do not seem to drive the plot forward, and there are major loose ends.

youtube : b3a9li ❤May 27, 2023

In a movie world seemingly saturated with hyperbolic movies, this comes as a welcome surprise. This movie has no worm holes, no fight scenes that keep going even though the recipient of such violence would've perished in the first 5 seconds, no rags to riches, no spandex, no fancy anything, and yet it still delivers! Good storytelling. Great acting. Clever cinematography. The sweeping camera work and frame changes was used very effectively. As a white Canadian boy, I thought the movie did an excellent job with racial discrimination. It wasn't forced on the viewer, and yet it showed how these subtle (and not so subtle) biases affect minorities almost daily. The movie also did a great job of showing how painfully unaware us white Canadians were/are of how impactful these displays of ignorance are. Stanley Park. What makes this movie though, is the plight of a single mother and son. Great chemistry between these 2 (3) actors. A perfectly paced arc of their growth together. Brilliant movie. I hope it gets picked up by streaming so more people can see it.

Barbie Samie AntonioMay 27, 2023

Not for the faint of heart, Riceboy Sleeps is one of the finest films of the last few years. The coming-of-age story takes on many themes involving race, identity, and family while remaining an incredibly personal and original testament to the experience of an immigrant mother and son. It provides an insight into a world otherwise impossible to fathom. Excellent camera perspectives throughout and beautifully shot, following each character almost too long but with a beautiful intent. The aspect ratio changes several times throughout and appears to be on real film stock, giving marvelous saturation to each scene and the degree of realism is nearly unmatched, but could be likened to films including The Florida Project and Moonlight. It's a very tough and touching movie. I saw this by chance in the Madrid Film Festival and feel so lucky! I would not have known! Shim is a wonderful director and I can't recommend this highly enough.

Love for chocolateMay 27, 2023

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