The film revolves around a Chinese man who returns to New Zealand following the death of his wife and begins to discover that she harboured a number of secrets.
Caiyu Yang in the movie “Only Cloud Knows.” Schmaltzy, overlong and a bit tedious, “Only Cloud Knows” is based on the true-life story of two Beijing transplants living in Auckland, New Zealand, who meet, fall in love, marry and face an unremarkable series of ups and downs.
The movie, directed by Xiaogang Feng from a script by Ling Zhang, follows Dongfeng (Xuan Huang), self-named “Simon” for Kiwi ears, as he spreads the ashes of his beloved late wife, Yun or “Jennifer” (Caiyu Yang), among her favorite spots. Meanwhile, Simon flashes back on their warm romance, one they grew to believe was guided by luck and fate. (Isn’t everyone’s?)
What happened over the years? They moved to rural New Zealand, opened a successful Chinese restaurant, hired and befriended a free-spirited server (Lydia Peckham), discovered they couldn’t conceive a child, adopted a wonderful dog named Blue and, ultimately, confronted Jennifer’s health crisis. Jennifer had a thing for whales; Simon missed playing music.
Sources:
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-12-19/only-cloud-knows-review