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As Sara meddles in Sumi&#8217;s life via a dating app, she ends up on a journey that will leave her forever changed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\">In a departure from his previous films, Chinese Canadian filmmaker Johnny Ma embraces a new mode here, using suburban Winnipeg as the stage for a stylized, whimsical narrative of crossed wires, secret lives, and conflicting agendas.\u00a0A unique mash-up of genres, The Mother and the Bear marks a bold new direction for Ma. 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