Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart is an indie movie from 1985, set in San Francisco's Chinatown. It tells the story of an elder daughter who gives up her own life to take care of her widowed mother, as the culture of that era/locale dictated good daughters do.
The thing about Dim Sum is that it shows the daughter, Geraldine, not as a prisoner of a system, but as someone who genuinely loves her mother and does not know any other way to express it other than being in this co-dependent relationship. And the mother wants Geraldine to settle down and get married, but makes her guilty with the thought of leaving her alone.
It is a quiet and reflective film about the mix of human emotions, and the ties that bind us together, but can break us as individuals.
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