No Crying at the Dinner Table (2019)
Filmmaker Carol Nguyen interviews her own family to craft an emotionally complex and meticulously composed portrait of intergenerational trauma, grief, and secrets in this cathartic documentary about things left unsaid.
- Date of release
- 2019-09-06
- TMDB
- 7.2 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 16m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Carol Nguyen
Casting
- Thao Nguyen — Self
- Ngoc Nguyen — Self
- Michelle Nguyen — Self
Interesting facts
No Crying at the Dinner Table is a 2019 Canadian short documentary film, directed by Carol Nguyen. An exploration of the common stigma in Asian families against expressing emotional vulnerability, the film centres on interviews Nguyen conducted with her family, played back around the dinner table at a family gathering.
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