
It Smells Like Springtime
2022, English. Directed by Mackie Mallison.
Through family conversations, home movies, and portraiture, It Smells Like Springtime explores the complexity of Asian-American identity and experience in dialogue with the artist and jeweler Ada Chen and a riotous cadre of kids. Together, they grapple with their ties to their families’ homelands, the paradoxes of representation, and their sense of belonging.
- Runtime
- 0h 16m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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It Smells Like Springtime is streaming on Criterion Channel in India.
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- 30 September 2022
- Written by
- Mackie Mallison
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How long is It Smells Like Springtime?
It Smells Like Springtime runs 16 minutes (0h 16m).
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It Smells Like Springtime is streaming on Criterion Channel in India. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like It Smells Like Springtime?
If you liked It Smells Like Springtime, try The Joy Luck Club, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Room 237.
Who directed It Smells Like Springtime?
It Smells Like Springtime (2022) was directed by Mackie Mallison and stars Ada Chen, Zoë Tam, Gene Chen.