Name: Yue ya er
Genre: Drama
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Dandan Song, Siqin Gaowa, Huiwen Bai

Touching movie about mother-daughter relationship

The literal translation of the title of this movie is: Moon Crescent.

This movie is a touching, in fact, a very touching depiction of the mother-daughter relationship.  It might not appear so to westerners but it is for Chinese, simply because Chinese women have suffered thousands of years discrimination by the traditional Confucian teaching.  Such heavy burden of the dross in the traditional culture does not evaporate overnight by the overthrown of the Qing Dynasty, which ended thousands of years of feudal rule of China.  Women live in 1920's China had no better fate than those lived under feudal reign because there was no difference.  This is why the movie is especially touching for women who had lived through that era.

Mandarin-language cinema across Mainland China, Taiwan, and Singapore explores historical reflection, cultural identity, and personal sacrifice, often expressed through poetic visuals and sweeping narratives. In Mainland China, this takes the form of allegory and large-scale epics that reflect on national history. Taiwan emphasizes intimate modernist realism, generational change, and the search for identity. Singapore contributes stories of migration, multiculturalism, and the negotiation of tradition in a globalized city.

The drama genre is a broad category that features stories portraying human experiences, emotions, conflicts, and relationships in a realistic and emotionally impactful way. Dramas delve into the complexities of human life, often exploring themes of love, loss, morality, societal issues, personal growth, with the aim to evoke an emotional response from the audience by presenting relatable and thought-provoking stories.

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A young woman in the 1920s has a hard life and learns sympathy for her own mother's situation.

Siqin Gaowa and Dandan Song in Yue ya er (1986)

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