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Its affectionate comedy grows from an elaborate family deception, balancing escalating social mishaps with genuine pressure around parental acceptance and reconciliation.
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MOVIE2022 1h 31m SGP
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A couple who works in an advertising firm, Chaoyangand Zihong have marriage on the cards, but both have not met the other’s parents. At a client's request, they have to do a livestream of their own reunion dinner to promote the company's products, their parents will officially meet for the first time. Estranged with his mother Yanling and embarrassed by her occupation as a mama-san, Chaoyang decides to fake a family with the help from his mother's boyfriend Wei and two freelance actors, who pretend to be his mother and "fake relatives", resulting in a series of mishaps and hilarity. With Zihong's father flying here from China, and a fake family assembled, can the reunion dinner go smoothly? Can Chaoyang fix the broken relationship with his mother?
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