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Mama

05/01/1990

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1hr 29min

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Drama

STORY

Often cited as China’s first independent feature film, this low-budget drama, filmed largely in the director’s Beijing apartment, depicts the life of a single mother (a topic considered taboo at the time) caring for her mentally challenged son. Shot with a documentary aesthetic that includes interviews with families of mentally challenged persons, the film helped kick-start the Sixth Generation of filmmakers (including Wang Xiaoshuai and Jia Zhangke) and their ethos of employing documentary realism to depict the true conditions of contemporary China.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Yan Qin
  • Huang Haibo
  • Shaquan Pan
  • Yu Shaokang
  • Yang Xiaodan

    Director

  • Zhang Yuan

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Xi'an Film Studio

    Production Countries

  • China

LANGUAGES

  • Mandarin

Cast

Huang Haibo

冬冬

Shaquan Pan

迟丽

Yu Shaokang

老大爷

Yang Xiaodan

小张

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