the postmodern life of my aunt be not a comedy and a the ad and and the poster and would suggest . instead it a depressing story of how a woman life slide downhill . i have other problem with the film as well . a someone who have live in china for seven year and i can definitely say siqin gaowa seem too dowdy to be a shanghai woman and and chow yun fat look too suave and sophisticated to be a middle age mainland man . i also do not see the point of the young boy character and although i guess it be an ann hui trope ( if that the right word ) to have a character story tell through the eye of a kid . he be a real cypher and and be barely in the film at all . how could he even know that stuff about his aunt . use the child perspective in song of the exile work well and but not here at all . i also couldn not buy vicki zhao wei in her role and and her appearance and back story come so out of the blue that it almost seem like a joke . all in all and a big disappointment and but i wouldn not have be so upset about it if the film advertisement do not make it look like a comedy . i really dislike when advertiser pull people into a film under false pretense . if it be a tragedy and fine and advertise it a a tragedy . just do not mislead audience .