Mama

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Date: January 01, 2020 to December 31, 2020
Dates Note: 2020
Country of Origin: China
Place of Origin: China
Languages: Mandarin
Color: Color
Silent: No
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Film Series/Exhibition Title: 
In Dialogue with China: Family, Memory, Resistance, and Change
Description: 

Li’s first feature film, winner of the Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award at the Göteborg Film Festival, is set in Chongqing province, China, where she was born. Based on her own childhood, the film depicts seven days of life, and death, in the remote rural village, as remembered by twelve-year-old Xiaoxian. Li pays close attention to the rhythms of country life—the walk to school, homework, chores, and family dinners—amidst the beautiful but unforgiving landscape. Drama is downplayed, alluded to obliquely, or shown from a distance, but the strength of family bonds despite time and tragedy are communicated all the better for Li’s restraint.

Authors/Roles: 
Kate MacKay


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