新编跨文化交际中的【电影资料】

跨文化交际电影资料

Information about cultures in the world and communication between cultures can be obtained from various sources. The following is a list of some films that can be watched in the process of learning intercultural communication. By watching and discussing films like these, we can expect to increase our knowledge about different cultures and to become more aware of the possible intercultural problems and conflicts in beliefs, values, norms, and social customs and practices.

However, there is something that we have to always keep in mind, that is, these films, like the cases presented in our textbook, cannot be perfect representations of the cultures and intercultural communication. While much of what is portrayed in these films may be typical of a majority of members of the cultures concerned, some may be common only to a small number of people, and some may just be the characteristics of the individuals in the films.

The Gua Sha Treatment 刮痧

It is a story about cultural conflicts experienced by a Chinese family in the USA. is a moving portrayal of the enormous gulfs between cultures and their possible repercussions.

After years of hard work, Xu Datong, a Chinese immigrant to the US, has finally achieved success as an outstanding video game designer. With his promising career and loving family, he feels he has become a true American. Datong‘s father comes over from China to visit his family in St. Louis. While there, the grandfather uses a traditional Chinese medical technique, called guasha, to treat Datong`s son, Dennis. Unexpectedly, an American doctor thinks the bruises on Dennis` back left by the guasha treatment are signs of child abuse. The family goes through hell when the child is taken away by the child protection agency. Meanwhile, the grandfather leaves America because he finds that the living environment is really not suitable for him, as he feels that a simple, harmless treatment like gua sha which is so common in China is treated as child abuse in America. Furthermore, he cannot converse in English. Later, an American friend of Datong tries gua sha and proves that the treatment leaves painful-looking marks that are not actually painful or harmful at all. Finally, the child is able to return home and the family is reunited.

Eat, Drink, Man, Woman 饮食男女

It is a delicious examination of the relationship between aging Chinese master chef Tao Chu and his three attractive daughters: the oldest, Jia-Jen, is a school teacher in her late twenties; the middle daughter, Jia-Chen, is a thriving corporate airline executive whose career comes before all else; and the youngest, Jia-Ning, is a twenty year old romantic who works at a Wendy's fast food joint.

Master chef Chu is a long-time widower who lovingly cooks large Sunday dinners for his three

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