The sins of the patriarch filter down to the next generation in Tso’s adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s play, Ghosts. Eighteen years after he was sent overseas by his suffering mother (Wong), the son (Cheung) of an affluent household returns as a shadow of himself – both physically and spiritually – before unwittingly falling for his philandering father’s illegitimate daughter (Ha), conceived through the rape of a housemaid. No doubt ironically titled, Motherhood presents a restrained subversion of the Cantonese family melodrama tradition.
Directed by Tso Kea
Your score–
Not scoredRelated
A Dry White Season
The Truth About Emanuel
Farming
Mothers' Instinct
The Safety of Objects
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
The Girl in the Book
TalhotBlond
What Maisie Knew
Alex of Venice
Hardball
Strange Weather
The Short History of the Long Road
A Question of Faith
Skin
All Day and a Night