Children of Invention

Director Tze Chun constructs a narrative firmly through the children's perspective, where adult struggles feel like a grand, secret game. She explores the fragility of the immigrant family unit against the seductive, often hollow promise of quick prosperity.

What lingers after the credits is a quiet ache for the resilience of these young inventors, forced to build a world from scraps in a model home that was never meant to be lived in. — MovieFinder Editorial