The inspiration for the hit Netflix series of the same name, Ins Choi’s award-winning comedy, introduces us to the Kims, a Korean immigrant family whose foibles belie serious tensions between assimilated daughter Janet and her parents. Located in Toronto’s rapidly gentrifying Roger’s Park, Appa has been offered a lucrative buy-out for his store. With Janet more invested in her photography career and his son Jung long-estranged, it may be his only option. Choi leavens the clash of old ways and new opportunities with a heavy dose of humor as Appa, Umma, Jung, and Janet attempt to heal old wounds.
By Ins Choi
Directed by Aria Velz
“The biggest single laugh I’ve had in a theatre in ages."
National Post of Canada
“Appa’s sacrifices… seem like something quite real, not just a comic premise. The actors were crying. I cried, too.”
The New York Times
