Teochew-Dialect Drama 'Dear You' Gets International Theatrical Release via Damai Entertainment
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Naman Ramachandran
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Summary
"Dear You," a Teochew-dialect family drama directed by Lan Hongchun, has become one of China's biggest box office hits of 2026. The film follows a young grandson who travels to Thailand to find his estranged grandfather, uncovering a story rooted in the 1950s Chinese diaspora community in Bangkok involving the qiaopi system. Damai Entertainment (formerly Alibaba Pictures) is handling the worldwide theatrical release starting June 18 across Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei.
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Directed by Lan Hongchun, the family drama follows Xiaowei, a young grandson who secretly travels to Thailand to find the grandfather who severed contact with the family decades earlier
What he uncovers is a story rooted in the 1950s Chinese diaspora community in Bangkok – one involving qiaopi, the system of
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