Will Sharpe Is Set to Direct Crying in H Mart Film Adaptation

Michelle Zauner may be best known for her work in the band Japanese Breakfast, but her stunning memoir Crying in H Mart spent over 60 weeks on the New York Times’ bestsellers list. Critics were struck by the honest capturing of a life stretched between cultures and across continents. Zauner uses her mother Chongmi’s Korean cooking to map the unmarked terrain of grief in the wake of Chongmi’s death from cancer at 56.
The film is set to cover the same arc, according to an official synopsis from MGM, it will chart a half-Korean daughter’s journey back to Oregon to care for her mother where they “see and accept one another through the formative power of music and the vibrant flavors of Korean cooking.” Now, according to People, this adaptation has found a director: Will Sharpe. Most recently, the filmmaker-actor is best known for his depiction of Ethan in The White Lotus and his direction of The Electrical Life of Louis Wain.
In a statement, Zauner explained why Sharpe was chosen: