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The low-budget drama has drawn audiences with a Teochew immigrant story and has grossed about 269 million yuan, officials said.
- The Chinese film Dear You has emerged as the country's second-highest-grossing movie of the year, grossing about 269 million yuan as of August.
- Shot mostly in the Teochew dialect from Guangdong's Shantau region, the film explores qiaopi—remittance letters used by Chinese immigrants to send money and news back home.
- For 74-year-old Sathien Tuntipaiboontana, scenes depicting the poy kuan offices where scribes composed letters were drawn directly from his childhood, creating strong emotional resonance.
- Following releases in Singapore, Malaysia, and Australia, the film premiered in Thailand in early August as part of a broader wave of Chinese cultural exports.
- Beijing promotes Dear You as an example of telling China's stories well, aligning with soft power goals ahead of its U.S. release next month.
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Dear You: How a Chinese film shot in Teochew dialect is finding a global audience
BANGKOK: The buzziest film in China this year was shot almost entirely in a southern Chinese dialect that most Chinese viewers need subtitles to understand.Yet "Dear You” has become China's second-highest-grossing film of the year. Now it is heading overseas, part of a broader wave of Chinese cultural exports."Dear You" was shot mostly in Teochew, a dialect spoken in Guangdong’s Shantou region. Set among the Teochew immigrant community in Bangko…
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How a Chinese film shot in dialect is finding a global audience
"Dear You," a film shot in a southern Chinese dialect, has become a hit in China. Now it is heading overseas.
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