Minari (2020)

Jacob Yi has a dream of supporting his family through farming, so he moves his reluctant wife and children to a beat-up mobile home in Arkansas. Their new lives are full of culture shock and frustration, especially for wife Monica. Not only is she stressed about money, she's concerned about their distance from medical facilities as their son has a heart defect. Eventually, Monica's mother joins them from Korea to handle the childcare while the parents are at work. Grandma is undeterred by the circumstances and her grandson's dismay at her presence -- she's the embodiment of finding joy in the every day.

I grew up poor with an immigrant father, going to Baptist church while my family struggled to make ends meet. The grandmother's arrival with all of her strange "presents" made me laugh out loud from familiarity, as did her grandson's complaints that "she smells like Korea!" It's such a heartbreaking charmer of a story, just full of reminders that family is a universal concept.

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