My Grandmother Is an Egg
MovieTitle | 我的阿婆是一顆蛋 |
User score | 5 |
Release date | Apr 29, 2021 |
Genre | Documentary, Animation |
Director | Wu-Ching Chang |
Production country | Taiwan, United Kingdom |
Run time | 9 min. |
Using a variety of animation techniques, including egg yolk as paint, filmmaker Wu-Ching Chang creates a stirring tribute to her grandmother who, as a T'ung-yang-hsi, was sold as a young girl to another family and raised as their future daughter-in-law. Forced to perform the household chores and denied an education, this hardworking woman found freedom through financial independence.