Pushing Hands (1991)

Pushing Hands 1991 / 推手 1991 / Tui shou

Mr. Chu is a Tai Chi master who arrived from Taiwan in order to live in the U.S. together with his son Alex and his family. While educating his grandson Jeremy, Mr. Chu is unable to communicate with Alex’s wife, Marta, who is an aspiring writer and desires peace and quiet at home. Mr. Chu finds it increasingly difficult to live within Western culture, but he seeks solace in contact with Mrs. Chen, a cooking instructor at a Chinese Community Centre. The family drama escalates to such a degree that Mr. Chu leaves the house in order to find luck on his own on the streets of New York.