Beyond the tears: How smash hit 'Dear You' moved young Chinese

Join Tian Wei and friends for a deep dive into China's word-of-mouth blockbuster, the Chaoshan-dialect film "Dear You." In part one of a three-part series, they unpack the film's wide appeal as it has, so far, raked in over 1.5 billion yuan (about $221.36 million) at the box office. Since its screen opening on the Chinese mainland on April 30, "Dear You" moved audiences with heart-warming scenes of earlier generations of overseas Chinese connecting to their families back home.

00:00 - Film audiences seeking originality 02:54 - Audiences touched by film's emotion and history 06:18 - How Chaoshan culture matters in film story 13:35 - Appeal of China's regional cultures for the youth

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