The movie "A Love Letter to Grandma" triggers a movie-watching craze in Malaysia
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- The movie "A Love Letter to Grandma" was released in Malaysia, triggering a movie-watching craze among the local Chinese community.
- Various clan associations, Chinese business associations, etc. have organized special bookings.
- The film's narrative around family ties and hometown nostalgia has touched the common memories and emotions of overseas Chinese.
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China News Service, Kuala Lumpur, June 18 (Liu Yuying, Jia Tianwen) The movie "Love Letter to Grandma" officially launched in Malaysian theaters on June 18. On the eve of the release and on the first day of the release, various clan associations, Chinese business associations and other local Chinese groups successively launched special reservations. The narrative surrounding family ties and hometown nostalgia triggered a common memory in the Malaysian Chinese community and set off a movie-watching craze.
On the day of the movie's release, the Malaysian Chinese Entrepreneurs Association held a special movie viewing event at the TGV Cinema in Kuala Lumpur City Center (KLCC), with more than a hundred members participating.
Li Zhongping, President of the Malaysian Chinese Entrepreneurs Federation, said that through family letters, family affection and nostalgia, the film recreates the early years when Chinese people traveled across the ocean to make a living and start a business from scratch.
"The family letters in the film carry the spirit of perseverance, love and justice of overseas Chinese, which is highly consistent with the mentality of Chinese businessmen striving for development in Malaysia today, and resonates," Li Zhongping said.
The local clan association took the lead in setting off a craze for booking venues ahead of schedule. The Federation of Teochew Guilds of Malaysia (Federation of Malaysian Teochew Associations) took the lead in launching a nationwide joint movie viewing. More than 20 affiliated associations across Malaysia simultaneously opened special screenings, with thousands of Teochew folks participating. Most screenings are scheduled for June 17, one day ahead of the national release.
Huang Zhixu, president of the Horse-Chaos Federation, pointed out that the film does not rely on grand narrative to impress the audience, but depicts the ordinary family love that everyone has but often neglects to cherish. "The grandmother, old house, country roads and home-cooked meals in the film accurately poke the memory of the homeland buried deep in the hearts of overseas Chinese."
As the movie was released, bookings by Chinese associations continued. The Malaysian Federation of Culture and Commerce will book a movie theater in Kedah on the 21st to watch the movie from a literary perspective with members of the Penang Kedah Joint Committee of the Malaysian Chinese Writers Association. It will also book a movie theater in Penang on the 28th and invite students to watch it.
Zheng Ruiyuan, the permanent honorary adviser of the Business Federation, said that through family stories and local memories, the movie triggers the audience's thinking about family relationships and life processes. He hopes that young audiences will understand the story of the struggle and migration of their Chinese ancestors through this film, and while feeling the warmth of family ties, they will also think about the significance of cultural inheritance. (over)
