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A still from the film Riceboy Sleeps: a Korean-Canadian mother and her young son read a book together on the couch of their home.

媽,我想要吃跟別的孩⼦⼀樣的午餐 — 《Riceboy Sleeps》觀後感

「媽,我想要吃跟別的孩⼦⼀樣的午餐。」 就這麼⼀個看似簡單的要求,盡管得到了⺟親的⾸肯,但從銀幕上這位⺟親的表情可以看出她內 ⼼有多難過。我亦隨即回想起在⾃⼰八歲的時候,曾經向⺟親作出同樣的要求。我不禁好奇,⺟ 親她當時是否與獲獎家庭劇情片《Riceboy Sleeps》的主⾓So-young⼀樣的表情。 

A still from the film Riceboy Sleeps: a Korean-Canadian mother and her young son read a book together on the couch of their home.

“엄마, 나도 다른 애들이 먹는 걸로 점심 싸주면 안 돼?” – 영화 ‘Rice Boy Sleeps’에 대한 감상

어찌 보면 단순해 보이는 이 대사가 스크린 속에서 펼쳐지며 깊은 감정의 여운을 남깁니다. 동현의 어머니 소영의 알겠다는 흔쾌한 대답이 얼굴에 드리운 슬픔과 대조됩니다. 이 장면에서 저는 제 유년시절을 떠올렸습니다. 저도 8살 때 같은 요청을 어머니에게 한 적이 있었는데, 그때 어머니의 표정도 영화 속 소영과 비슷했을지 문득 궁금해집니다.

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The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.

We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.

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