Released on the 30th January 2014, a film by the name of “The Journey” was released. According to the lunar calendar of the Chinese culture, the released date is the eve of Chinese New year. Chiu Keng Guan, who directed this Malaysian Chinese production has received a number of feedback from the audience. The plot of this film is based on Malaysian culture which consists of multiple race of Malaysia and intercultural relation. The Journey tells a story where the main actress, Joanne Yew (Bee) returns home after further educating studies at England returns home to her widower father, Frankie Lee Sai Peng (Uncle Chuan) with her fiancé Ben Pfeifer (Benji) seeking for her father’s blessing. This movie tells a story of how Benji and Uncle Chuan encounter language barriers and also cultural differences. Despite that Uncle Chuan had reluctantly allowing them to get married, the remarkable journey of how both of them hand-deliver wedding card invitation to Uncle Chuan’s childhood friends throughout the peninsular Malaysia. From this movie, the first portrayal of a strong culture comes from Uncle Chuan, an Asian Chinese father despite being strict, unable to express their feelings and so on. As to Benji, raised in England with a different culture and also a childish behavior making it hard for Uncle Chuan to accept a different culture. In this movie, Chinese traditions and the cultures is strongly portrayed. For example, according to the culture, hand-delivering wedding invitation cards to friends and relatives brings out the sincerity to invite and as a sign of respect. A cultural and social background is highly descended in this film as also the value of family unity (Loong 2014).
The intercultural concepts of essentialism and non-essentialism is depicted widely in this film where not just one culture but few is plotted in this movie such as the Chinese and the Western.