剧情简介
一个前度毒贩基斯搬到休斯敦，来过新的生活，他现在的身份是一名已婚建筑师。可是以前搭档带着海洛因来探访他时，美好的生活就崩溃了，当他发现毒品后, 就马上把它冲走于排水沟。其后一批固执而难以对付的人来找寻毒品，他们包括基斯的前任女友，信奉拉斯塔法里教的杀手，一个爱好虐待他人的罪犯,，和一个凶恶警察……。MOTHER TONGUE (母语) is a portrait of a Chinese American family in which the consequences of a mother’s decision to leave her young daughter in the care of a white American “homestay” family are slowly unearthed over the course of a family dinner. Inspired by the “parachute kids” he knew growing up, writer/director Johnson Cheng explores the emotions of a daughter who is allowed ...。