2:12 PM Mama (1990) | ||||||||||
![]() Mama (妈妈)
OverviewOften 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. Watch NowCastYan Qin 梁丹 ![]() Huang Haibo 冬冬 ![]() Shaquan Pan 迟丽 ![]() Yu Shaokang 老大爷 ![]() Yang Xiaodan 小张 | ||||||||||
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