‘The First Taste of Loneliness’ Review: A Sentimental but Affecting Study of Family Life After Bereavement
The most moving scene in “The First Taste of Loneliness” is not, in fact, its most tear-streaked.
Variety reports that the most moving scene in “The First Taste of Loneliness” is not, in fact, its most tear-streaked.
Gu You’s heartfelt family portrait opens on an extended, anguished scene of three women — a mother, her daughter and her granddaughter — keeping vigil at the bedside of their beloved husband, father and grandfather as his longtime.
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