An African American couple (Winfield and Alice) adopt two orphans from a Vietnamese refugee camp. After 22 years, the children are reunited with their birth mother, bringing deeply submerged resentments and misconceptions to the surface, and forcing the characters to reexamine their identity and relationships in both comical and poignant situations.
Acting
Paul Winfield's weary warmth anchors every chaotic scene.
Writing
Chi Muoi Lo's script weaponizes specificity against sentimentality.
Director
Chi Muoi Lo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chi Muoi Lo wrote, directed, and starred in this—his only feature—after failing to get Hollywood to tell Vietnamese-American stories.
The title refers to a real dish whose pungent authenticity makes white Americans recoil—essentially the film's entire thesis in edible form.
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