Pāragate
2023•1h 12m•6.0•Released
Documentary
From Belgium, Jialai Wang maintains contact via smartphone and camera with her mother and grandmother in China. When her grandmother’s health deteriorates, Jialai returns to Shanghai, but when she arrives, her grandmother has already died, and she is left alone with her mother. A devout Buddhist, her mother seems to pay more attention to her daily prayers, Maoist past and dog Dongdong than she does to her daughter. She herself had been abandoned as a child by her own mother, when she divorced Jialai’s grandfather and moved to the city.
Director
Jialai Wang
Writer
Jialai Wang
Languages
Mandarin
Studio
Dérives
Cast
Guihua Wang
Self
Shufang Chen
Self
Production
Company
Dérives
Company
CBA
Company
Gsara A.s.b.l.
Company
Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la FWB
Producer
Julie Freres
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