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Growing up, i.e. getting old, is an interesting thing. We can't stop it, we can't control it. We can only choose how to face it. For some, it becomes an endless source of regrets and complaints, while for others it becomes an inspiration to seize every day and make the most out of it. Whether it is by doing so-called great things, or just by being silly with your roommate, which is what the titular characters of this documentary have chosen.
Filmed by Sean Wang, Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó follows his two grandmothers, who live together, as they spend their time having fun and, by their own admission, being silly. The documentary was mostly filmed in 2021, during the peak of the pandemic, when most people didn't have many options to go out. It shows what seems to be the daily routine of the grandmothers, although they admit to Wang that "it's only because you're home that we're this silly".
It is a lot of fun to see two older women in their 80s dancing, playing, chugging whiskey, and yes, farting... and laughing about it. But it also takes some time to ponder about where they are and what they choose to do with their lives, which is when one of them share the above quote. It might not be the most groundbreaking documentary, but much like Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó, it's full of joy.
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NĂI NAI & WÀI PÓ
(2023, Wang)
(2023, Wang)
"The days we spend feeling pain and the days we spend feeling joy are the same days spent. So I'm going to choose joy."
Growing up, i.e. getting old, is an interesting thing. We can't stop it, we can't control it. We can only choose how to face it. For some, it becomes an endless source of regrets and complaints, while for others it becomes an inspiration to seize every day and make the most out of it. Whether it is by doing so-called great things, or just by being silly with your roommate, which is what the titular characters of this documentary have chosen.
Filmed by Sean Wang, Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó follows his two grandmothers, who live together, as they spend their time having fun and, by their own admission, being silly. The documentary was mostly filmed in 2021, during the peak of the pandemic, when most people didn't have many options to go out. It shows what seems to be the daily routine of the grandmothers, although they admit to Wang that "it's only because you're home that we're this silly".
It is a lot of fun to see two older women in their 80s dancing, playing, chugging whiskey, and yes, farting... and laughing about it. But it also takes some time to ponder about where they are and what they choose to do with their lives, which is when one of them share the above quote. It might not be the most groundbreaking documentary, but much like Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó, it's full of joy.
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