Pāragate (2023)

Overview : 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.

Release Date : November 11, 2023

Runtime : 72m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : Dérives, CBA, Gsara A.s.b.l., Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la FWB

Countries : Belgium

Keywords : society, asia, love, religion, family, intimacy, heritage