Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (1999)

An African American couple (Winfield and Alice) adopt two orphans from a Vietnamese refugee camp. After twenty-two years, the children are reunited with their birth mother, bringing deeply submerged resentments and misconceptions to the surface and forcing the characters to reexamine their identity and relationships in both comical and poignant situations.

Released April 14, 1999 119 min 13+

Genres: Comedy, Drama

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