1990 · drama · art house
Mama
Directed by Zhang Yuan1h 29m1990
A young woman who has been abandoned by her husband is left to cope with her mentally challenged and epileptic 13-year-old son.
Our read: Mama (1990) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · art house entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / art house, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
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