Dear You review – enjoyable Chinese romdram crosses generations as it tracks down a missing husband

Director Lan Hongchun’s family saga feels like a good old-fashioned novel as it goes in search of a man who has disappeared in Thailand With a story that ranges from the 1940s to the present and, although mostly set in Bangkok, revolving largely around Teochew-speaking Chinese from Guangdong, this generations-spanning drama feels like a good old-fashioned novel. A romantic beach read, perhaps, the kind in which coincidences and random accidents cause misunderstandings that last for decades until the truth is finally revealed. It’s sentimental in places, sure, but there’s also a fair bit of sal

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