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May I quit being a mom!? (2020)

May I quit being a mom!? poster
Original title
ママをやめてもいいですか!?
Directed by
Tomo Gōda
Genre
documentary film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 32m

How it feels

The documentary follows mothers and their partners in Japan as they cope with the daily pressures and emotional toll of raising children. It shows them struggling, failing, and trying again to keep their families together.

rawintimatehonestemotionally chargedpoignantclaustrophobicexhaustingcandidreflective

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