Sep 07, 2017 mina shum directs an allstar cast including cheng pei pei, sandra oh, tzi ma, and don mckellar in her latest feature, about a devoted wife and mother wh. Devoted wife and mother, 60yearold maria wangs life is altered when she discovers an orange thong in her husbands pants pocket, forcing her to confront how powerless she truly is. Posted on october 3, 2017 october 3, 2017 by shane scotttravis. Information about the movie meditation park, including the meditation park trailer and movie. Meditation park 2017 a dutiful wife and mother reexamines her veneration of her husband after she finds another womans underwear in his laundry. Meditation park movie trailer check out the official trailer of meditation park, the upcoming drama movie directed by mina shum and starring cheng pei pei, tzi ma, sandra oh, and don mckellar. Approaching their senior years, married couple maria and bing wang emigrated to vancouver from hong kong forty years ago, they living on the working class east side of the city steps away from hastings park.
Meditation park marks the reunion of director mina shum and actress sandra oh, who began their film careers together in 1994s double happiness. Meditation park, an indie feature with greys anatomy star sandra oh and hallmarks christmas in the air start filming in vancouver and british columbia this week. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Maria starts sleuthing around for answers, and in the process, learns to value life on her own terms, from her relationship with her adult. Meditation park movie information and showtimes in edmonton. For his 65th birthday, maria is throwing him a big birthday party, and has invited their grown daughter ava, but not their son charles, because bing has disowned him and she has respected his insistence that she also not speak to their son. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Meditation park canadian trailer hd mongrel media youtube.
Following in the footsteps of her previous work like double happiness, meditation park highlights director shums chinese ancestry. I decided to check out meditation park and wasnt disappointed. With peipei cheng, tzi ma, sandra oh, don mckellar. We worked hard to enhance your user experience and bring you a modernized version of the premier network for film professionals. Meditation park 2017 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Devoted wife and mother, 60yearold maria wangs life is altered when she discovers an orange thong in her husbands pants pocket, forcing her to confront how powerless. The women thaw the ice their men have left stiff between them. Maria wang cheng pei pei, 60, reveres her workaholic accountant husband, bing. Sep 04, 2017 the film has yet to get an official release date. The makes this temporary amusement park a kind of meditation park.
In this, her timing is impeccable and she is natural as well as able to pull off dramatic scenes. Meditation park feature meditation park is one of 3 projects which were awarded funding as part of cbcs breaking barriers film fu. Her new film meditation park is a bittersweet comedy about a devoted chinesecanadian wife and mother in east vancouver whose life and family are forever altered after she discovers an orange thong in her husbands pocket, forcing her on a journey of truth and liberation. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. In the first marias banished sons fiancee drops in for an unexpected visit. Linformation sur le film, genre, classement, duree, photos, bandeannonce, synopsis et critiques des usagers. For his 65th birthday, maria is throwing him a big birthday party, and has invited their grown daughter ava. Mina shum directs an allstar cast including cheng pei pei, sandra oh, tzi ma, and don mckellar in her latest feature, about a devoted wife and mother who is forced to reassess her reverence for her husband after she finds another. Bookended by a pair of pining yet positive 1960sera pop songs from chinese diva chang loo, mina shums latest film, meditation park, bristles with passion and perseverance in a contemporaryset story of devotion, deliverance, and revision. Cheng pei pei, tzi ma, and sandra oh headline mina shums latest, a comedy of selfdiscovery about 60yearold maria, whose marriage seems the paragon of happiness until she finds a mysterious piece of womens underwear in her husbands pocket. Following in the footsteps of her previous work like double happiness, meditation park highlights director. Jun 11, 2018 vanished full length film, mystery flick, thriller, english movie free films on youtube duration. Sep 11, 2017 sandra oh speaks on her film meditation park duration.
Maria cheng pei pei has spent decades of devoted marriage dutifully excusing the prejudices and vices of her husband tzi ma. Tickets for this movie are not available at this moment. Mina shum dirige une distribution prestigieuse menee par. Cbc breaking barriers film fund funding chapmanleonard studio equipment camera dollies uncredited entertainment partners canada payroll services. I really enjoyed double happiness, another film i saw by mina shum. Meditation park saturday, march 24, 2018 mina shums new film is a touching, amusing, and finely observed tale of maria, an asiancanadian grandmother who arrives at her own declaration of personal independence after discovering that her longstanding husband may not be as worthy of her reverential treatment as she once believed.
Following in the footsteps of her previous work like double happiness. Mina shum directs an allstar cast including cheng pei pei, sandra oh, tzi ma, and don mckellar in her latest feature, about a devoted wife and mother p. Meditation park feature meditation park is one of 3 projects which were awarded funding as part of cbcs breaking barriers film fund this year. Mina shum wrote and directed the film, which features insight. Peipei cheng celebrity profile check out the latest peipei cheng photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes.
Meditation park opens with maria cheng pei pei, the matriarch of a chinese canadian family, hosting a birthday celebration for her workaholic husband, bing. Mongrel media is handling the film s sales and will be releasing it domestically in canada. Its a drama movie with a high rotten tomatoes critics score of 89% and a better than average. Sandra oh helps cheng pei pei discover the world exclusive video 6. Stay tuned with us for more details about the movie meditation park. When devoted wife and mother maria cheng peipei finds another womans thong in her husbands laundry, she is forced to confront her enduring silence and reassess her reverence for him, in this empowering tale of liberation from canadianchinese auteur mina shum. Meditation park 2017 where to watch it streaming online. Oct 11, 2017 overall, meditation park is a good but serviceable comedydrama which often gets bogged down by poor comedic moments, but gives enough nuance and awareness that the film lends emotional satisfaction and interesting perspectives into the lives of women in traditional chinese families. Meditation park north of superior film association. So, too, the films two most moving and revealing scenes. Meditation in the park is a group of new orleans musicians drummers, horns and singers who gather to play among the oak trees in city park sunday mornings.
A dutiful wife and mother reexamines her veneration of her husband after she finds another womans underwear in his laundry. Meditation park pg 1h 34min drama 9 march 2018 canada an aging woman questions her life after suspecting her husband is having an affair. Meditation park is a 2017 canadian drama film directed by mina shum. Meditation park international trailer hd mongrel media. Overall, meditation park is a good but serviceable comedydrama which often gets bogged down by poor comedic moments, but gives enough nuance and awareness that the film lends emotional satisfaction and interesting perspectives into the lives of women in traditional chinese families.
So, too, the film s two most moving and revealing scenes. A bit too hammy at moments, meditation park is otherwise a complex film that hews with tenderness to asian stereotypes in order to reflect back their oftenobscured depths. Mar 12, 2018 meditation park is a charming and generous film, boasting fine performances by its leads and great support by mckellar, liane balaban in an affecting and lovely cameo, and the star of shums debut, double happiness, the phenomenal sandra oh, as marias daughter. The story was written by hong kongborn, vancouverraised filmmaker mina shum. Mina shums meditation park is a bittersweet comedy about a devoted chinesecanadian wife and mother in east vancouver whose life and family are forever altered after she discovers an orange thong in her husbands pocket, forcing her on a journey of truth and liberation. Mar 24, 2018 meditation park saturday, march 24, 2018 mina shums new film is a touching, amusing, and finely observed tale of maria, an asiancanadian grandmother who arrives at her own declaration of personal independence after discovering that her longstanding husband may not be as worthy of her reverential treatment as she once believed. Sep 07, 2017 mina shum directs an allstar cast including cheng pei pei, sandra oh, tzi ma, and don mckellar in her latest feature, about a devoted wife and mother p. Vanished full length film, mystery flick, thriller, english movie free films on youtube duration. An aging woman questions her life after suspecting her husband is having an affair. Find out where to watch meditation park streaming online.
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