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Dear You

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Xiaowei travels to Thailand to find his "billionaire grandfather" who is out of contact due to debt problems, but unexpectedly find the one who has been corresponding with his grandmother for years is not her husband. From TMDB

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  • Danny THEE Himbo @br00taldan.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 23, 2026

    Yall im about to see a movie called Dear You in theaters that speak my dialect of Chinese (teochew) and because the diaspora is so broad/wide and I was born in rural Georgia AND the language isn’t mandarin or cantonese I never felt “Chinese enough”?? But anyways this is a cool feeling and im excited

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  • Barry Hertz @hertzbarry.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2026

    NEW: In Toronto, NAZA was the No. 1 film at the TIFF Lightbox this weekend, earning a very strong $19,539, more than double the theatre's next most popular title (which was Lan Hongchun's family drama DEAR YOU).

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  • Brian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 21, 2026

    Being half Taiwanese and half Chinese Indonesian, I find myself amused that mere months prior, China was trumpeting Dear You—a movie about Chinese Thai descendants—and now it is adulating the man behind the ethnic cleansing of Chinese Indonesians in the 1990s. Wow, solidarity lol

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  • Xueting C. Ni 倪雪婷 (she, they) @xuetingni.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 3, 2026

    When I talk about a new #film that's just been a hit in China, rarely can I say to you, that it's coming to the U.K. Well, Dear You has! Here's my article about it, go and see it, it's brilliant, especially if you like Asian #culture, indie #cinema and #history. snowpavilion.co.uk/dear-you-the...

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  • Mae Nick Phra Khanong @nickjbrumfield.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 25, 2026

    Interesting how topical this thread has become There's currently a big movie out of China called "Dear You" about Teochew migrants in 20th century Thailand notable because it's almost entirely shot in Teochew But initially Singapore limited Chinese screenings not in the official Mandarin

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  • cdramanews @cdramanews.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 13, 2026

    #DearYou' s director #LanHongchun on the film's surprise success, its real-life family reunions and its arrival at TIFF's China Film Showcase. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

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  • 寧 Shanice ⬩ VN Work 💖 @shanicetjn.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 23, 2026

    Just came back from watching "Dear You" / << 給阿嬤的情書 >>! What a wonderful movie.... It sure hit real close to home 🥲💖 Going to bed early so I can sit with my feelings for a bit alksdfjklasjfalsjf

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  • vera @verchan.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 5, 2026

    watched Dear You. i'm so fucked up right now. more comments when i get home but fuckkk. man. one of the best movies of the year. can't recall the last time i watched a movie that got me misty eyed on so many occasions

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  • Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.comBluesky · Aug 23, 2026

    This is in direct response to a June controversy where a Chinese-produced Teochew film, Dear You, had difficulty screening in theaters. The PAP has mastered the art of maintaining its legitimacy within a dominant-party system by making modest reforms that don't alter the nature of the nanny state:

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  • Ken Lohatepanont @kenlmathis.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 10, 2026

    Some thoughts on Dear You, a Teochew film set in Bangkok that unexpectedly became a major hit. www.coffeeparliament.com/p/a-teochew-...

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  • vera @verchan.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 1, 2026

    evidently the chinese movie Dear You is dropping in the states this weekend! i was super interested when i happened to read about how this was making waves in asia at large, exploring the difficulties of chinese diaspora in SEasia (namely thailand), so i'm hoping this'll hit me nice and hard

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  • Katie Smith-Wong @katiesmithwong.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 20, 2026

    🚨 #Review: #DearYou: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (in select UK cinemas) "A vivid and moving celebration of Teochew identity and the communities that preserved it far from home...Lan Hongchun’s drama is a poignant tribute to the people separated by distance yet held together by words."

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  • Bill's Rad Vermont @billsradvermont.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 2, 2025

    The best part of the Jawbreaker documentary, Don't Break Down: A Film about Jawbreaker, is when one interviewee after another admits, "Yeah, Dear You pretty much fuckin' ruled." #topjamsky #vinylsky

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  • Mayfair Theatre @mayfairtheatre.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 9, 2026

    Wednesday September 9! 3:45pm -Dear You- “a definite crowd pleaser, very smartly written & directed” (Asian Movie Pulse) 6:30pm -The Lion King- 5 Stars! “a stunning, glorious family film” (Empire) 8:45pm -Exorcist II: The Heretic- “a masterpiece” (Den of Geek) “absolutely fascinating” (SyFy)

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  • Mayfair Theatre @mayfairtheatre.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 8, 2026

    Tuesday September 8! 3:45pm -Dear You- “a definite crowd pleaser, very smartly written & directed” (Asian Movie Pulse) 6:30pm -Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma- 5 Stars! “a triumph of genre cinema” (Starburst) 9:15pm -Boorman & the Devil- 5 Stars! “This is an essential film” (Eye For Film)

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  • Toronto Film Critics Association @torontofilmcritics.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2026

    On DEAR YOU 📨 "falls flat on characterization" - Alice Shih Plus: @peterhowellfilm.bsky.social Prabhjot Bains & @GlassmanMarc preview #TIFF26 @patmullen.bsky.social on Hot Docs' leadership And more! 🍿 torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

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  • Aliya Langley @aliyalangley.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2026

    One Minute Movie Review: Dear You 🎥🇨🇳💌✍️ #DearYou #movie #film #fyp #moviereview Find me on @letterboxd: aliyalangley 
boxd.it/4mv7t No. 288

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  • The China-Global South Project @chinagsproject.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 27, 2026

    China’s Teochew-language film Dear You is resonating across Southeast Asia, stirring debate over diaspora, identity, cultural influence and soft power.

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  • Peter G @kingsigy.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 26, 2026

    My final review for NYAFF 2026, "Dear You" is a bittersweet movie about the power of love told through a specific cultural lens. I highly recommend it and, so far, it is my favorite film of the year. www.pglagowski.com/articles/nya...

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  • Chong Ja Ian @chongjaian.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 23, 2026

    Thanks to @zaobao & @thinkchina for reaching out to me to write this piece. It remains curious to me how many people see the movie Dear You as a take-it-or-leave it proposition. People either have to unquestioningly endorse it or are seen to completely reject it. www.thinkchina.sg/society/how-...

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  • Ming Ho @minghowriter.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 12, 2026

    Absolutely loved this deeply moving film today at @thegardencinema.bsky.social: youtu.be/qIjOCYltUqA?is. Don’t look up any detailed synopsis beforehand, it will spoil it; just find a screening at your local pronto, before it disappears… #DearYou #Teochew #Chinese #cinema

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  • James Marsh @marshy00.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 20, 2026

    DEAR YOU: the mainland box office hit is now in HK cinemas, balancing period melodrama & wholesome values with a genuinely fascinating story about Teochew migrants in post-war Thailand, the dormant art of qiaopi remiitance letters & a star-making turn from Li Sitong: www.scmp.com/lifestyle/en...

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  • Sense Hofstede @sensehofstede.nlBluesky · Jun 18, 2026

    SCMP: Is hit indie film Dear You propaganda? Don’t be disrespectful, Global Times media says to Singapore

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  • 🍒Geri 💙 ジェリ @cherrygeri.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 17, 2026

    Lowkey got a headache from focusing on Chinese dialect for a few hours lmao BUT omg the movie i went to watch with the boi tonight was really good and got me a lil (a lot) emotional 🥹 Highly recommend the movie Dear You!!!

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  • Quincy Surasmith | ควินซี่ สุรสมิทธ์ @quincetessence.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 8, 2026

    Saw Dear You last night, and it was a beautiful tear-jerking movie about the Teochew diaspora in Southeast Asia (specifically set between Thailand and the Teo-Swa region of China). I highly recommend seeing it in theaters while it's still out in North America!!

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  • Pittsburgh Cinema Planner @pghcinema.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2026

    📺More TV on the big screen: Rangos beams in 2 eps of Star Trek TOS. And they've got RoboCop (OG movie) 🎟️AMC Waterfront still indispensable: Dreams in Nightmares, Bethlehem Kudumba Unit, Dear You, Hope, and The Sun Never Sets are some intriguing new ones www.pghcinema.com/listings/c3b...

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  • PennsylvAsia @pennsylvasia.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 25, 2026

    2026 Chinese film Dear You (给阿嬷的情书) in Pittsburgh, from September 3. www.pennsylvasia.com/2026/08/2026...

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  • KpopWise | kpopwise.com @kpopwise.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 24, 2026

    [Film Review] Lan Hongchun’s “Dear You” is a Masterclass in Captivating and Heartfelt Storytelling "Dear You" will debut in North American theaters on September 4. #DearYou #LanHongchun #Films #Chinesefilms

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  • alphallamallama.bsky.social @alphallamallama.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 1, 2026

    Dear You stuck with me more than any other film this month, Detective Conan was just too much fun. The Yokai in the Yokai films are too charming, and I really enjoyed the story of the Odyssey, more than the film, but enough to put it in the 5th spot. I’d recommend Dear You and the Yokai films.

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  • Carolyn Khor @carolynkhor.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 26, 2026

    Dear You is indeed a movie worth watching. thesun.my/lifestyle/ho...

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  • nzbarry.bsky.social @nzbarry.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 12, 2026

    #filmsky #DearYou #ChineseCinema www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDPg...

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  • Graham Day @grahamgeekeire.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 1, 2026

    I saw an incredible this week. If you can see #DearYou at a cinema near you I highly recommend it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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  • GengHui (Jinghui) 景晖 @tangenghui.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 30, 2026

    I finally got to watch the movie 给阿嬷的情书 in its original Teochew language. A heartwarming and touching movie on our intangible cultural heritage. Thinking about writing my thoughts and feelings on the movie. Dear You《给阿嬷的情书》Official Trailer youtu.be/-PBOEH9Pj-g

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  • Patrick @blueyedguy.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 28, 2026

    Went to the cinema 2 days in a row 😏 @sczinireland.bsky.social brought me to see a Chinese movie “Dear You”…lump in my throat for the whole thing, I was nearly balling 😭 . It will definitely win awards, if not an Oscar! #dearyou ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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  • ValleyAnt @valleyant1.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 26, 2026

    Heading to see a small Chinese movie called Dear You

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  • www.ftwr.cloud @ftwrcloud.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 15, 2026

    Exciting news! The hit Chinese film 'Dear You' arrives in North America, Australia, and New Zealand this June! #DearYou #CMCpictures #ChineseCinema #Movies #GeekNews https://ftwr.cloud/en/news/8af354bf-8585-4414-a6ca-e102773d5212

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  • K.MAT @kevinmmathews11.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 1, 2026

    Back to Love: How a Modest Film About Romance and Culture Led Hongchun Lan to Dear You. Now showing in Singapore cinemas. kevinmathews.substack.com/p/back-to-lo...

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  • East Asia Forum @eastasiaforum.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 17, 2026

    The low-budget dialect film Dear You is both an unexpected hit in global box offices and a flashpoint for wider debates around the politics of language, diaspora and memory, write Yuk Wah Chan and Sin Yee Koh.

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  • Tyson, Chicken Rancher 🐓 @tsupasat.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gyBluesky · Sep 16, 2026

    I'm super excited to see the movie Dear You (给阿嬷的情书) this weekend! It's about immigrants from the Chaoshan region in China to Thailand in the early 20th century. There were so many people who emigrated during that time and I'm expecting that this story will […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]

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  • 1lpl.bsky.social @1lpl.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 16, 2026

    This $2M Chinese film made $300M and sparked a tourism boom www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie... How a Small Chinese Drama Became a $300 Million Phenomenon 'Dear You' director Lan Hongchun on the film's surprise success,its real-life family reunions and its arrival at TIFF's China Film Showcase

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  • The Cinephile Catalogue @cinemanyc.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 14, 2026

    WEEK 37 2026 - NOW PLAYING & STREAMING 🎟 The Uprising Practical Magic 2 Hope Runner If I Go Will They Miss Me Chad Powers S2 The Drop: A Snowfall Saga Why Did I Get Married Again? The Gentlemen S2 The Paper S2 Go Team! Call My Agent: The Movie The Fix The Condor Daughter On a String Dear You

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  • Mayfair Theatre @mayfairtheatre.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 10, 2026

    Thursday September 10! 3:45pm -Dear You- “a definite crowd pleaser” (Asian Movie Pulse) 6:30pm -Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma- 5 Stars! “a triumph of genre cinema” (Starburst) 9:15pm -Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments: Sting Of Death- Canadian Premiere!

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  • J。 @lackadaisily.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 8, 2026

    I highly recommend watching the movie "Dear You". It was beautiful and bittersweet, but I must warn you to only watch it in theaters if you're okay with crying with every other theatergoer. Bring tissues!! (I did not bring enough) youtu.be/abeSQSbNXSk

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  • Mayfair Theatre @mayfairtheatre.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 7, 2026

    Monday September 7! 1:30pm -The Lion King- 4/4 Stars! “pure magic” (Maimi Herald) 3:45pm -Dear You- “a definite crowd pleaser” (Asian Movie Pulse) 6:30pm -Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home- “hugely entertaining” (BBC) 9:30pm -Exorcist II: The Heretic- “a masterpiece” (Den of Geek)

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  • Andrew t @butteredpopcorn.orgBluesky · Sep 5, 2026

    I have reviewed CHRONOVISOR (a conspiracy thriller that makes watching someone read a book look exciting, my favorite movie of the year so far), as well as DEAR YOU (a hit Chinese drama that is also about finding truth in the archives) www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/movie-revi...

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  • Prime @onebraincelldm.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 5, 2026

    Just got out of Dear You I cant see another movie topping it this year for me. What a movie

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  • Jay Seaver @jayseaver.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2026

    Next Week in Tickets for 4-10 September: ONSLAUGHT, BY ANY MEANS, FALL 2, AKIRA, DEAR YOU, CARS, THE SUN NEVER SETS (Joe Swanberg in person at @TheCoolidge.bsky.social), MIRZAPUR: THE MOVIE, I'M GAME, SAHAA, ROMANCHAKAM, and DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES open at Boston-area 'plexes (plus HOPE on Wednesday).

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  • Mayfair Theatre @mayfairtheatre.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2026

    Friday September 4! 3:45pm -Dear You- Ottawa Premiere! “Dear You is an immensely rewarding emotional journey” (Movie Recs) 6:30pm -Star Trek: The Motion Picture- “a true cinematic spectacle” (TIFF) 9:30pm -Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma- 5 Stars! “a triumph of genre cinema” (Starburst)

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  • popgeeks.com @[email protected]Mastodon · Sep 3, 2026

    DEAR YOU Review: Lan Hongchun’s Latest Generational Triumph, Sincerely Yours https://filmcombatsyndicate.com/dear-you-lan-hong-chun-movie-review/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Reviews #Theatrical #dearyou

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  • Steve Kopian @unseenfilms.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 1, 2026

    Opening Friday is the completely under the radar film DEAR YOU about a man going to find a lost relative and finding more. It's a glorious film that is full of people you will know from your life. One of the great finds of 2026 See it unseenfilms.net/2026/09/dear...

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  • Mayfair Theatre @mayfairtheatre.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 30, 2026

    Dear You – Ottawa Premiere screenings on September 4, 7 - 10! “Anchored by strong performances and a touching exploration of migration, loss and connection” (Flick Feast) “a definite crowd pleaser, very smartly written and directed” (Asian Movie Pulse) mayfairtheatre.ca/movie/dear-y...

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  • Avalon Free Public Library @avalonlibrary.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 26, 2026

    Check out our reviews of recent Asian hits "Demon Hunters" and "Dear You". #movies #MovieSky

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  • the1percentareevil.bsky.social @the1percentareevil.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 21, 2026

    Dear You: Anti-Imperialist Film Club asawinstanley.substack.com/p/dear-you-a...

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  • Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾 @liztai.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gyBluesky · Aug 20, 2026

    牛来 (roughly translated as “Come here, cow) is probably the wackiest story of “the little movie that could” that I've ever heard. Like the recent unexpected blockbuster Dear You, it made multiple times profit of it's tiny budget. But unlike Dear You, people […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

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  • Jack Young @jackgyoung.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 17, 2026

    Oh... there's no motivation I have to re-watch that movie. I'm looking forward to the movie "Once Upon a Time in the Middle East". I think it's coming out in theaters soon, but I'm not inclined to see it in a theater. Another new one is "Dear You". I'm impatient w/ unsubstantial flicks these days.

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  • 🦋Blog & Diary🦋 @bdiary.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 12, 2026

    This year I have enjoyed quite plenty of Thailand film. Recently I also watch Thai film “Gohan” it was also very heart warming film. Although “Dear You” are Chinese production movie played in Thailand while Gohan is played in Thailand with Japanese actors. Bad Genius also 👌🏻

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  • A @halfcactus.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 12, 2026

    last Dear You note: it’s my first time hearing teochew and i think the variant they spoke in the movie might be more comprehensible to me (well, reverse-engineer-able with the help of eng subs) than spoken TW? or maybe the audio was just extra clear. anyway it was interesting!

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  • Media News @media-news.at.thenote.appBluesky · Jul 29, 2026

    How Lan Hongchun’s Teochew Film ‘Dear You’ Turned a Forgotten Postal Tradition Into China’s Unlikely Hit: ‘Dialect Is Never Going to Be a Liability as Long as You Have Great Ideas’ Four people. One letter. An ocean between them. To send a letter home from Bangkok in the 1950s, an over… #media #news

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  • Diana Yeow @dy158.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 28, 2026

    #ICYMI The review to the only film I watched in midst of #2026WorldCup, #DearYou: littlemissdiana.blogspot.com/2026/07/a-lo... #dearyoumovie #给阿嬷的情书 And why the film hit such a raw nerve for me personally: littlemissdiana.blogspot.com/2026/07/why-... #longread

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  • Diana Yeow @dy158.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 27, 2026

    Watched #DearYou 3 weeks ago, or known as #给阿嬷的情书, the review on my blog: littlemissdiana.blogspot.com/2026/07/a-lo... From Saturday, why #dearyoumovie hit quite a nerve for me personally: littlemissdiana.blogspot.com/2026/07/why-... #longread The only film I watched in midst of #2026WorldCup.

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