Mommies tells an emotionally compelling and complex story of two interwoven mother-and-son relationships. Sally works as a hostess, a kind of life her unruly son Keith loathes and from which he seeks refuge through self-harm. Keith looks with longing for the seemingly happy and loving relationship between mentally-ill Mandy and her son Luke. Yearning to become part of the other family, Keith wishes Mandy were his mother instead. But will that ever be possible? The sympathetic Mandy and Luke try to help Keith, and when they think things are looking better... Subtly told, Mommies captures the human condition of Hong Kong people’s lives seldom seen.
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Vinci Wong Wan-Sze Director · Leung Kin Pong Editor
First release June 19, 2022 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China · Production Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Electric Diamond Production
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Fresh Wave
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Hong Kong Arts Development Council
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Electric Diamond Production
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Hong Kong SAR China
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Original title
愛的輪候碼
Original language
Cantonese
Spoken on screen
Cantonese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · June 19, 2022
Premiere · 16th Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival
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