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

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)

Trailer

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