Mama [192825]
Released: 1990-05-01
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
Profit: $0
Runtime: 89 mins
Popularity: 0.2076
Vote Average: 6.8
Vote Count: 4
Overview: 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.

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