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Dragon City

2025 · 124 min

A quiet, bittersweet watch that balances painful family silences with wry, uncomfortable humor and a slow ache of recognition.

Directed by
Maythavee Tjhang
Genres
Drama, Family, Comedy
Tagline
A dark drama comedy that epitomizes the divide between Asian and American cultures from two distinctive perspectives and how it repairs a dysfunctional family.
Overview
A fractured family must navigate through loss together as traditional values chain down the younger generation in this story about love and inter-generational trauma.
How it feels
Dark, melancholic, warm and satirical. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Family, grief, identity, trauma
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
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Directed by
Maythavee Tjhang
Genres
Drama, Family, Comedy
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour5
Realism8
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, family, comedy
Directed by
Maythavee Tjhang
Starring
Serene Lee, Marian Lee, Christopher Lange
Cinematography
Josh Dollison, Reginald Cineus
Runtime
124 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
Cantonese, English

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