Wednesday Night at the Movies: The Joy Luck Club (1993)
About the event
Join us for free movies on our big screen every other Wednesday evening! This week's movie: The Joy Luck Club In 1949, four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to play mah jong, remember the past, and gossip into the night. United in unspeakable loss and new hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. With wit and sensitivity, the movie examines the memories that display these women's strength, worries, and determination. As each woman reveals her secrets, trying to unravel the truth about her life, the strings become more tangled, more entwined. Mothers boast or despair over daughters, and daughters roll their eyes even as they feel the inextricable tightening of the matriarchal ties that they believe have stymied their ability to face the uncertainties of the future. Intimate and moving, The Joy Luck Club shows us how the inheritance of pain and unspoken secrets can lead to misunderstanding--and yet how love can still offer the promise of reconciliation. Watch the trailer: here This is an adaptation of The Joy Luck Club book by Amy Tan. Rating: 14A Runtime: 139 min. Shown with closed captioning Accessibility Information: VPL is committed to making our programs accessible for all. If you have an access need that we have not addressed here, please email us at info@vpl.ca. Takes place indoors in a quiet space Sudden or loud noises may occur This screening has subtitles The expected noise level is moderate/loud Participants may leave the room at any time The lighting in the room is dim For more information on physical access, view the Accessibility information on the nə́c̓aʔmat ct Strathcona Branch.
