Girls Always Happy

A claustrophobic, emotionally raw portrait of a toxic mother-daughter bond, by turns funny and painful.

Directed by

Yang Mingming

Genres

Drama

Starring

Nai An, Yang Mingming, Zhang Xianmin

Overview

Wu is in her mid-twenties and lives with her mother in a traditional one-story house in one of Beijing’s hutongs. Both consider themselves to be writers, but success has so far eluded them. The fact that Wu is supported by a divorced, elderly man helps the women through lean periods. Their unhealthily close relationship is characterized by reproaches and quibbling; only during meals do they appear to lay down their verbal weapons. The situation escalates when both Wu and her mother hit an emotional low.

How it feels

Dark, melancholic, tense and satirical. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Family, identity, isolation, class

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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