Farewell Dinner Fleetwood Mount Vernon, Ny
A hastily convened wedding gives the cover story to bring the extended household back to China to bid farewell to their unwitting matriarch. Reduce-away shots of the shellshocked delighted couple, Billi’s cousin and his Japanese girlfriend, steamrollered into marriage soon after three months of diffident dating, are among the numerous sly comic asides that punctuate this poignant story. He push and pull between the bonds of blood and the ties of culture are explored with a light touch and a…