Mama
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Zhang Yuan
Qin Yan
Huang Haibo
Pan Shaoquan
Ma Zheng
Yang Xiaodan
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A single mother struggles to raise her brain-damaged thirteen-year-old son.
Director
Zhang Yuan
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
"Sixth Generation" filmmaker Zhang Yuan graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in 1989. This, his feature debut, is widely considered the first "independent" film made in Communist China.
Shown at Berlin Film Festival (market) February 13-24, 1992.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 23 - May 7, 1992.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 14 - June 7, 1992.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival October 2-18, 1992.
Shown in New York City (Public Theater) as part of program "Thunder From the East: New Visions From China, Taiwan and Hong Kong" August 25-30, 1994.
color and b&w
dialogue Mandarin
subtitled
