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Montages of Modern Motherhood
Suk-jing is doing her very best to be a “good mother.” At the start of the day, she pumps breast milk, leaves her daughter in the care of her mother-in-law, and heads to the bakery where she works. Everything would be perfect if it weren’t for one tiny problem: reality. The baby won’t stop crying—and neither will her in-laws and neighbors stop criticizing her for it. So at night she goes for walks in the nearby park until the baby falls asleep. On top of that, the baby isn’t gaining weight at a normal rate, apparently because she’s producing “too little milk,” which is sure to prompt more critical comments from her mother-in-law.
Suk-jing’s husband Wai is no help either; he acts as if she isn’t fulfilling her “very own” duties, and she feels completely misunderstood. When she finally loses her job at the bakery as well, the waves threaten to crash down on her…
Oliver Chan Siu Kuen has given us a film full of realism and empathy that gets under your skin. It addresses the central questions and problems facing mothers in 21st-century Hong Kong—from the perspective of a young woman in precarious employment who seems doomed to fail, for both economic and ideological reasons. The lead actress, Hedwig Tam, is stunning in her role, as is her counterpart, Janis Pank, in the role of the mother-in-law. A quiet yet groundbreaking film.