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Our Child

2026 · 18 min

A quiet, claustrophobic chamber piece that simmers with unspoken resentment and leaves you uneasy long after it ends.

Directed by
Anatole Sloan
Genres
Drama
Overview
A young woman from a poor village in China, Xia Jia, arrives in Hong Kong to be a surrogate mother for a wealthy Chinese couple, living with them so they can supervise her pregnancy. It is an isolating experience, made harder by the harsh treatment of the wife towards Xia Jia, driven by bitterness and jealousy.
How it feels
Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Class, isolation, parenthood, power
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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Directed by
Anatole Sloan
Genres
Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight7

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Anatole Sloan
    Written by
    Anatole Sloan
    Starring
    Karena Lam Kar-yan, Patra Au Ga-man, Alan Luk, Vicky Wong Wai-Kit, Simon Yu Sai-Tang, Siti Fatimah
    Cinematography
    Rui Jiang (RJ) Ong
    Runtime
    18 min
    Country
    Hong Kong, United Kingdom
    Languages
    Cantonese, Mandarin, English

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