Agape: Unconditional Love

I love the usage of Chinglish, it's such a common part of our lives as Chinese Americans, but rarely authentically portrayed. This is such a beautiful and heartwarming film, amazing work.

"What I want doesn't matter." This line broke me.

I love how this features Cantonese!! Incredible job.

As someone who also has a single mother, I think it’s very important to show and tell their stories-who they are as a person and not just as a parent. But at the same time, it’s important to recognize where and what time periods they come from. Dating, love, and relationships will not have the same meaning to them as it does for us and while it’s cool to give them the opportunity to understand all of it like we do, it’s also important not to push it onto them. I’d never tell my mom to date to find happiness if that’s not what happiness is for her. Not just for older Asian folks but for many people in general, relationships aren’t happiness which is why they don’t pursue it.

“I want a relationship with my mom, but I can’t have one because you’re so busy being my mom instead of a human being” is so relatable!!

This short really hit. Our parents are so used to doing things for others and sacrificing the things that they want and what they want to do. They disregard their own happiness saying that their family and their children are more important than themselves. This short was beautiful in every way. Thank you Wong Fu! Thank you Julie! Thank you Wes!

I think a better question in asking the mom in this short film is whether she actually wants to fall in love and whether or not that's something that'll make her happy, instead of trying to push her to "fall in love." Just because a person doesn't fall in love, it doesn't mean she is not happy. Your own definition of happiness may include falling in love, but to other people they may not want to be in a relationship, you know? There are many ways to express our love, and happiness doesn't necessarily derive only from being in love with a person. A better perspective to look at this is, a person should be happy with or without another person in their life. A person is only ready when she can be happy with or without being in a relationship and falling in love. When you can be content, happy, love yourself, and not depended on another person for validation, only then can you give your love to another person genuinely and maturely.

This is so relatable, I shed a tear. And the double pillowcases! I thought only my Mom did that 😂 Amazing work as always!

Julie and Wes working together is always amazing :)

"i don't understand because you still treat me like a child. i don't understand because you never talk to me. i never know how you feel. i just want a relationship with my mom but i can't because you're too busy being a mom instead of a human being."

Thank you so much Julie and Wong Fu for making this available 🥺

Being an Asian is caught up in between building walls around our feeling and the combustion of wanting to express it. This short film is just so great. Thanks you for making me tearing up again.

Can you add Chinese captions for English dialogue so I can share with my family?

What a beautiful story that captures Asian American culture/struggles/feelings in the modern age.

That tall black actor that's in this short has been acting for many, many, years and has been in so much stuff. I can't believe that yall got him to act in this!

This is so beautifully written and directed. This is a very real and relatable film. As Julie said as Asians we feel kinda awkward about talking to our parents about our feelings. This is an elegantly heartwarming love letter to our moms/parents. ❤️

I'm just here all excited hearing all the cantonese (years after repeatedly watching Wes's The One Days hk stories) and great to see their collab again.

Thank you for this! I teared up because it was so relatable. Cheers to all the single mothers out there and their everlasting support!

I love the writing in this film. I see this within my grandma actually--last year, my grandpa passed away around the holidays and it was very hard on all of us but especially her. She's always showing sacrificial love to our family, but we wish for her own happiness as well