The Treatment (Chinese: 刮痧; pinyin: gūa shā) is a Chinese movie released in 2001 starring Tony Leung Ka-Fai. It is a story about cultural conflicts experienced by a Chinese family in the USA.
Grandfather Xu comes from China to visit the family of his son, Datong Xu (Tony Leung), in St. Louis. While there, he gives his grandson, Dennis Xu (Dennis Zhu), a treatment of Gua Sha to treat a slight fever (being unable to read English lables of medicine)...
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The Treatment (Chinese: 刮痧; pinyin: gūa shā) is a Chinese movie released in 2001 starring Tony Leung Ka-Fai. It is a story about cultural conflicts experienced by a Chinese family in the USA.
Grandfather Xu comes from China to visit the family of his son, Datong Xu (Tony Leung), in St. Louis. While there, he gives his grandson, Dennis Xu (Dennis Zhu), a treatment of Gua Sha to treat a slight fever (being unable to read English lables of medicine). The authorities, however, mistake the harmless traditional Chinese medical treatment for child abuse due to the obvious marks left on Dennis' back. The family goes through hell when the child is taken away by the child protection agency. Meanwhile, Grandfather Xu 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. An American friend...
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