On Children (2018)

Original title

你的孩子不是你的孩子

Directed by

Chen Wei-ling

Genre

anthology series, satire, science fiction television program

Country

Taiwan

Length

1 season, 5 episodes

Rated

16

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This Taiwanese anthology series tells five separate stories set in a world where children suffer under extreme parental pressure and societal expectations. Each episode follows different characters as they face tragic outcomes from family dysfunction and social oppression.

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What happens

On Children (Chinese: 你的孩子不是你的孩子; pinyin: Nǐ de háizǐ bùshì nǐ de háizǐ; lit. ''Your Child is not Your Child'') is a 2018 ten-part Mandarin-language TV series, directed by Chen Wei-ling and starring Troy Liu, Wang Yu-xuan, and Hsin-Yu Ling, based on the novel by Wu Xiaole. The plots are in anthology form with five different stories told in a world where individuals face the tragic consequences of social pressure, parental oppression and family dysfunction. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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