Montages of a Modern Motherhood

112 minutes | 2024 | Fiction | Cantonese | English and Chinese Subtitles
Canadian Premiere

Content Advisory: This film contains scenes of mature themes

Suk-jing (Hedwig TAM) finally welcomes her baby daughter into the world—but sleepless nights soon follow. Every time the baby cries, all fingers point to the mother. Her husband is conveniently absent, her parenting clashes with her mother-in-law’s, and her own family is too busy helping her brother and sister-in-law with their kids. On top of that, she struggles with physical trauma: she can’t pump milk, suffers from postpartum incontinence, and loses the bakery job she loves. When a woman becomes a mother, is that all she’s allowed to be?

Oliver CHAN Siu-kuen is a director and scriptwriter based in Hong Kong. Her debut feature Still Human (2018) was shown in multiple film festivals and won her accolades both domestically and internationally including Best New Director at the 38th Hong Kong Film Awards. Montages of a Modern Motherhood is her second feature.