VENICE 2020 Giornate degli Autori
Li Dongmei • Director of Mama
"My intention was to make a film in a documentary style so that the emotions would be true"
by Vittoria Scarpa, Mazzino Montinari
VENICE 2020: Chinese director Li Dongmei talks about her feature debut, Mama, in which she travels back in time, telling a painful family story
In her feature debut, Mama [+see also:
trailer
interview: Li Dongmei
film profile], Chinese director Li Dongmei travels back in time, telling a painful family story with heavily autobiographical elements. It is in competition in Venice's Giornate degli Autori.