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.
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Tso Kea Director
First release May 26, 1960 · Original title 慈母心
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Original title
慈母心
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · May 26, 1960
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