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So-young is a Korean single mother raising her adolescent son Dong-hyun in the suburbs of Canada during the 90s. Determined to provide a better life for him than the one she left behind in her native country, she does her best to overcome the constant racial and cultural challenges that confront them.
As Dong-hyun gets older, he becomes increasingly curious about his Korean heritage and in particular, about his deceased father – a topic that So-young refuses to address. Instead, she is set on continuing to build on her new life which now includes a relationship with a kind Korean-Canadian man who is eager to take on the role of Dong-hyun’s surrogate father. This only exacerbates the tense relationship between her and Dong-hyun. Then, sudden devastating news prompts the mother and son to return to South Korea for the first time since their initial departure with hopes of reconnecting to their roots and reconciling their tragic past.
Red Lantern Film Club is a screening series dedicated to showing Asian-Canadian film in Kjipuktuk/Halifax, and is supported by the Canadian Independent Screen Fund (CISF) and Saint Mary’s University Asian Studies Interdisciplinary Program.
Organized by Israel Ekanem
Date: December 5, 2025
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Carbon Arc Cinema, 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, NS
Clement Virgo | Canada | 2022 | 120m
English with English subtitles
Pricing: $10.60
($10 cash at the door if available)
Francis and Michael are brothers living in Canada and sons of Caribbean immigrants from Jamaica. In the summer of 1991, the young men immerse themselves in the hip-hop scene of Scarborough.
When his childhood sweetheart Aisha returns to their neighbourhood for the first time in 10 years, Michael is forced to reconsider a family tragedy. Growing up as young black boys in a neighbourhood prone to gang violence and police brutality, his older brother Francis had to be Michael's best friend, protector and even parent at the same time, because their single mother worked shifts as a nurse. As they grew older, Francis and Michael parted ways, but the unconditional love between the brothers and their mother continued.
