2020 saw a few films tackle the immigrant experience, even a few from the Asian American point of view. Tigertail is one of those, and on it's own it is a lovely, engaging story that gives long time character actor Tzi Ma a chance to truly shine. As a man nearer the end of his life than the beginning, he is reflecting back on his journey from his time in Taiwan as a young boy, a young man, then moving to America and making his life in the west, an struggling with his relationship with his daughter.
Exploring the experiences of immigrants making a new life, and then raising their American children who know nothing but the western life, Tigertail goes beyond that, also exploring relationships, both marriage and the inter-generational relationships between parents and children whose experiences are so very different.
Tender and gentle, Yang tells this deeply personal story, that is both universal in its portrait of immigrants struggle, and unique in his family's specific experiences. It is a lovely watch.
Tigertail
Starring: Tzi Ma, Hayden Szeto, Joan Chen, Christine Ko, Margo Bingham
Writer/Director: Alan Yang
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