Movie

Goodbye Mother

2019 · 100 min

A quiet, heartfelt family drama that balances warmth and tension as a man navigates love and tradition.

Tagline: What's important is that you're here.
Overview: Văn comes back to Ho Chi Minh City from the US with his boyfriend Ian to visit his mother. Being the male heir of the family, everyone expects him to take a wife soon. And to top it all, his grandmother, who has Alzheimer, mistakes Ian for her grandson.
How it feels: Warm, melancholic, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, identity, love, trauma
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
identity
love
trauma
healing
Places: small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild