One of my favorite films that deals with family is The Farewell.
It captures the dynamic of the the protagonist with her family so well where she feels torn about her identity and where she belongs and her being with her family in China makes it even harder because her ideologies don't align with them. And I really appreciate that the film doesn't take a side with either mindset but presents a very real clash between 2 cultures of West being more independent and being individualistic vs how the Chinese and most of Asia is more community driven and more collectivist. Billie trying to navigate through this dilemma while she is dealing with the information of her grandmother dying. Her struggle between telling her grandma because it's her right to know because that's what we would want as well and her keeping it a secret because it would do no good if she knows and seeing this as a burden that a whole family bears rather than giving it to the person who is suffering.
It's a beautiful film and it is directed and shot very well that does not get enough love.
And this is a film I watched with one of my closest friend with whom I related a lot with. Having identity crisis and having no place to belong. Feeling like you're detached from the things you want to be attached to.
