I recently came across Dumplings, a horror film by Hong Kong director Fruit Chan. It's pretty morbid and touches upon a sensitive subject (literally, eating fetuses, though the clip doesn't blatantly show it), so watch the trailer at your own discretion! The protagonist of the movie is a former actress named Mrs. Li who eats special dumplings in order to regain her youth. I thought the desire for beauty and youth was interesting, something we haven't really discussed in class.
Anyway, the film raised interesting points about how capitalism is embodied. Dumplings weaves in the issues of deception and identity while bringing to light other topics like gender and globalization.
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