Mama (movie)
妈妈- User score: 6.8
- Production country: China
- Producer: Zhang Yuan
- Production companies: Xi'an Film Studio
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 5/1/1990
- Run time: 89 min.
Movie description
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.
