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Her Heart Beats in its Cage
监狱来的妈妈
2025 86 min China
★7.0
Drama
Director: Xiaoyu Qin
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Description
Hong spent ten years in prison for killing her husband. Thanks to her contribution to the prison art workshop, she receives an unexpected opportunity to reduce her sentence. Her son, Lele, was raised by his grandmother and was never prepared to live with his mother. After their reunion, Lele always treats her coldly. Faced with a lonely grandmother who longs for Lele to return to her and a society that treats ex-convicts poorly, can Hong escape her invisible prison and regain happiness?
Worldwide:
$6,250
Starring
Xiaohong Zhao
Actor
Awards
San Sebastián International Film Festival 2025
— Silver Shell – Best Performance