MAMA

MA MA HE QI TIAN DE SHI JIAN

By Dongmei LI

YILISOO FILMS - as SALES All rights, World / PROD

Family - Completed 2020

Xiaoxian remembers what happen in her village during the Summer of 1992 when she was 12-year-old and her mother died giving birth to her fourth sister.

Festivals
& Awards

Busan IFF 2020
A Window on Asian Cinema
Venice - Biennale 2020
Giornate degli Autori
Goteborg FF (online) 2021
The Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Family, First film, Drama
    • Countries
    • CHINA
    • Languages
    • CHINESE
    • Duration
    • 134 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Dongmei LI
    • Producer(s)
    • Hongwei WANG (Gago Cultural Communications Ltd.), Wei CHEN (Langli Film&Media Ltd. ), Bin HU (Langli Film&Media Ltd. )
    • Synopsis
    • "Mama" tells what happens over seven days in a village in rural China during the 1990's. It depicts the memory of 12-year-old girl Xiaoxian about her family and her village. In seven days, she witnesses three deaths and two births, including the death of her own mother who dies giving birth to her fourth sister.