Happy Palace (2024)
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Duration: 94 minuten
Country:
Netherlands
Directed by: Nicole van Kilsdonk
Stars: Steef Cuijpers, Joep Vermolen and Valentijn Benard
IMDb score:
6,5 (140)
Releasedate: 5 March 2024
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Happy Palace plot
Restaurant owner Chang dies in a strange manner. The whole of Obdam is in deep mourning for 'their Chinese'. The always loyal Yung Ling (34) is forced to keep the struggling Chinese-Indian restaurant Happy Palace running with her brother Lok Man (32), an artist and the most eccentric of the family. Their old hurt is getting in the way of cooperation, but pragmatic mother Suk Wai (56) sees an opportunity to unite the shattered family.
Reviews & comments
mrklm
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- 11659 messages
- 10059 votes
Van Kilsdonk consciously chose to have many people with an Asian background in front of and behind the camera for a story that takes place in and around 'Happy Palace', a Chinese-Indonesian restaurant in an unnamed village. Chang [Aaron Wan] and Suk Wai [Mei Ling Wan] started the restaurant 35 years ago and their Dutch-born children Yung Ling [Donna Tang] and Lok Man [Tenzing Woing] have found their own way. When Chang suddenly dies of a heart attack, it turns out he left the restaurant to the children. The three main characters do a fine job and the setting is original, but unfortunately the approach is quite conventional. The screenplay by Ilse Ott and Yan Ting Yuen contains too many ideas and that comes at the expense of emotional depth.
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boemboem27
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- 1546 messages
- 1371 votes
quite a nice video.
great story, great actors
Even though I didn't know them, they still played an excellent role.
and indeed what was mentioned/noticed earlier
the 3 leading actresses not mentioned in the info/index
only the small roles of the Dutch actors
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Robi
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- 2538 messages
- 2531 votes
Not Nicole van Kilsdonk's strongest film about two Chinese adult children who have to take over their father's Chinese restaurant after his death. A rather mediocre script and superficial story. And the acting is also somewhat lackluster. But otherwise the film was enjoyable to watch.
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