Montages of a Modern Motherhood (2024)
- Original title
- 虎毒不
- Directed by
- Oliver Chan Siu-kuen
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Rated
- 12A
- Rating
- 5.3 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A new mother named Jing struggles through the first six months after giving birth to her daughter. The film follows her daily hardships and emotional shifts as she cares for the baby alone.
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What happens
Montages of a Modern Motherhood (Chinese: 虎毒不) is a 2024 Hong Kong drama film directed and written by Oliver Chan. Marking Chan's second feature, the film stars Hedwig Tam as Jing, a postpartum mother, alongside Siuyea Lo, Janis Pang, Patra Au, and Alice Fung. It focuses on the first six months after Jing gives birth, exploring the hardships and emotions she experiences while caring for her daughter. In 2019, Oliver Chan began developing the screenplay after releasing her debut feature Still Human (2018), and she started pitching the film in project markets under the working title Her Lullaby that same year. The writing process spanned approximately three years during the COVID-19 pandemic, while pre-production took less than a year, with principal photography commencing in November 2023 primarily in Yuen Long. The film had its world premiere in competition for the New Currents Award at the 29th Busan International Film Festival on 7 October 2024, followed by a theatrical release in Hong Kong on 24 April 2025. It received two nominations in the 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards, and Hedwig Tam won a Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for her performance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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