Somewhere Between

Year: 2011

Grade: C+

Country: USA

Director: Knowlton

Review

so-so documentary about adoption of chinese babies. they aren’t chinese, they aren’t american – they’re somewhere between. i’ve never really understood the depth of cultural connection that some people feel. i’m serbo-croatian on one side and a mutt on the other. i’ve never felt a great connection to any of my jewish, serbo-croatian, or other hertitages. that kind of thing is too tribal for me. one part of the film did resonate, though. one girl goes back to the area which she thinks she came from. she is posting fliers hoping that she can find her biological parents. amazingly enough she does and her father’s reaction to being around her is very sad. you can tell in his eyes that he was very sad that he had to let her go (actually it was the mom who gave her up for adoption because they couldn’t afford another baby). sad stuff.

Watched in theater