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Mama
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.
| Release : | 1990 |
| Rating : | 6.9 |
| Studio : | Xi'an Film Studio, |
| Crew : | Director of Photography, Director, |
| Cast : | Huang Haibo Shaquan Pan Yu Shaokang Yang Xiaodan |
| Genre : | Drama |
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I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.
It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.
One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.
