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An unexpected bond forms between two migrants in the Chinese community of Queens when tragedy strikes. Far from home, their lives intertwine as they grieve and search for familial connections.

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Tomris Laffly

RogerEbert.com

Tsang deepens the themes of her movie in unhurried doses, bringing to the surface the loneliness, isolation, and displacement of the remaining characters.

Rated: 3.5/4

Apr 25, 2025

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Alissa Wilkinson

New York Times

Instead of leaning into trauma or misery, the filmmaker gives us complex characters who nonetheless speak very little — everything happens in their expressions, the quick flash of a twitch across a cheek when the other isn’t looking.

Apr 24, 2025

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David Ehrlich

IndieWire

[A] resolutely humane but fiercely unsentimental film.

Rated: B+

Apr 24, 2025

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Rachel West

AWFJ.org

Tsang’s film offers a refreshing and rewarding perspective on an aspect of life often overlooked by mainstream cinema. This personal approach showcases her talent as both a director and a writer, promising a bright future in feature-length filmmaking.

May 8, 2025

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

Arguably overlong at two full hours for its very small, minutely observed story, "Palace" nonetheless has an air of patient poetry that turns the mundane into something melancholy, moving, and a bit spectral.

May 2, 2025

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Michael Nordine

Movie Brief

Tsang’s approach is patient but not withholding, like a documentarian focused on the gradual accumulation of everyday details and what they reveal about the lives of her characters.

Rated: 3/4

Apr 24, 2025

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Synopsis

An unexpected bond forms between two migrants in the Chinese community of Queens when tragedy strikes. Far from home, their lives intertwine as they grieve and search for familial connections.

Director: Constance Tsang
Producer: Sally Sujin Oh, Eli Raskin, Tony Yang
Screenwriter: Constance Tsang
Distributor: Dekanalog
Production Co: Field Trip Media, Big Buddha Pictures
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 25, 2025, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $52.7K
Runtime: 1h 57m