After years of trying to escape her mother’s control and avoid her fate, Qingshui, a woman in her 30s living in Shanghai, finds herself unwittingly succumbing to the same behaviors as her mother and reliving her life. When her mother dies, Qingshui realizes she is stuck in her marriage and struggles to once again chart her own course.
Ma Yili
Song Ningfeng
After years of trying to escape her mother’s control and avoid her fate, Qingshui, a woman in her 30s living in Shanghai, finds herself unwittingly succumbing to the same behaviors as her mother and reliving her life. When her mother dies, Qingshui realizes she is stuck in her marriage and struggles to once again chart her own course.
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