Dim Sum Funeral

Dim Sum Funeral

R 2008 · 95 min · ★ 4.4 · Comedy, Drama

An Irish funeral has a wake. A Jewish funeral has sitting shiva. A traditional Chinese funeral is something else entirely. That's what the estranged siblings of the Chinese-American Xiao family must undergo upon news of their mother's death. The one brother and three sisters don't get along, however, they share one thing: hatred for their domineering and manipulative mother, "The Dragon Lady."

Directed by Anna Chi · Written by Donald Martin

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