“The Shower,” December 17, 2001 (1999), video This is an interesting look at the issues of modernization versus traditional family values in China. A successful, modern Chinese businessman hurries home when he receives a cryptic note from his retarded brother and thinks his father has died. The father and brother run a traditional men’s bath house in a big city. It is a neighborhood institution filled with local characters and a center for socializing. He stays to help his dad and brother for a while. Then his father dies and he is forced to decide between his obligations to his brother and his modern life. A slow-paced but interesting and ultimately loving film.