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He plans to win her favor before she passes away
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A man quits his job to care for his dying grandmother, motivated by her wealth. This is actually the film debut of Usa Semkhum, a 78-year-old housewife who plays Grandma Meng Ju.. His Mother: When Grandma Fell on the day of the gravesweeping, she told the doctor that she had stomach pains and found blood in her stool.
Grandma has cancer
So they did a bowel exam. The results came out this morning. It is in the final stage.
Man, I told them to pray first
The doctor said she has a year left.M: [playing a video game without listening] Dead! Damn… No matter how hard you try to hold back the tears, that wall is likely to come crashing down at the end, set against the backdrop of a pickup truck saying goodbye so beautifully.
A question pops up while watching that scene
Do the tears fall because the film is well made or simply because viewers (myself included) immediately relate the events on screen to personal memories? The answer is «both.» How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies feels relatable because it deeply understands family dynamics, especially in Asian families. How inheritance can erase affection, how gathering at grandma’s house is a warm moment always anticipated, how grandma eagerly awaits the arrival of her children and grandchildren while wearing her best clothes, and how loneliness after togetherness is so piercing, especially for elderly people living alone.