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Riceboy Sleeps is a 2022 Canadian drama film, written, produced, edited, and directed by Anthony Shim. [1] Based in part on Shim's own childhood, the film centres on So-Young ( Choi Seung-yoon ), a Korean immigrant single mother raising her teenage son Dong-Hyun (Ethan Hwang) after moving to Canada to give him a better life.
May 5, 2023 · 'Riceboy Sleeps' writer-director Anthony Shim's delicate, precise approach makes a familiar story of immigrant exile glimmer with insight and feeling.
An emotionally impactful portrait of familial love, Riceboy Sleeps sees writer-director Anthony Shim reaffirming that the most personal stories are often the most universal. Read Critics...
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- Choi Seungyoon
- Anthony Shim
- Téléfilm Canada
May 4, 2023 · This intimate drama gives a moving, if imperfect, look at a Korean immigrant mother’s struggle to raise her son in 1990s Canada.
- Brandon Yu
- Anthony Shim
Mar 16, 2023 · BY Alisha Mughal Published Mar 16, 2023. In the beginning of Riceboy Sleeps, a lavender-orange sun blankets South Korea like a burning god over water that looks unmoving,...
Riceboy Sleeps: Directed by Anthony Shim. With Choi Seung-yoon, Ethan Hwang, Dohyun Noel Hwang, Anthony Shim. 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.
Apr 20, 2023 · At its core, Riceboy Sleeps is a tender portrait of a Korean-Canadian family. With warmth and sincerity, Shim captures the imperfect, messy lives of a mother and son, along with the love, understanding, pain and sacrifice that blooms between them.
