Dumplings

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2004, Movie, 1h 31min

Aunt Mei's famous homemade dumplings provide amazing age-defying qualities popular with middle-aged women. But her latest customer, a fading actress, is determined to find out what the secret ingredient is.

Country: Hong Kong

Director:

Fruit Chan

Cast:

Tony Leung Ka-fai,

Bai Ling,

Miriam Yeung Chin-Wah,

Pang Hoi-Kwan

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6.7

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Critic Patrick Peters

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...Fruit Chan’s dark satire manages to poke fun at both Hong Kong and Chinese mores, while also weaving a sinister story of diet, deception and death.

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In this horror film, a former actress named Mrs. Li seeks the help of a local chef, Aunt Mei, to regain her youth and beauty. Mei cooks special dumplings that are said to have rejuvenating properties, but the secret ingredient is unborn fetuses obtained from an abortion clinic. Despite her initial hesitation, Mrs. Li consumes the dumplings and experiences a transformation, but at a terrible cost. As she becomes more beautiful, she begins to smell like fish, and her behavior becomes erratic. The film explores themes of vanity, desire, and the dark side of rejuvenation.

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