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Release Date:
November 11, 2023
Original Title:
Pāragate
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
CBA
Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la FWB
Dérives
Gsara A.s.b.l.
Production Countries:
Belgium
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 72
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.
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Director:
Jialai Wang
Director of Photography:
Jialai Wang
Editor:
Clarisse Decroyer
Jialai Wang
Producer:
Julie Freres
Sound:
Jialai Wang
Sound Editor:
Valentin Mazingarbe
Sound Mixer:
Valentin Mazingarbe
Writer:
Jialai Wang
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