Pāragate(2023)

Pāragate Synopsis

From Belgium, Jialai Wang maintains contact via smartphone and camera with her mother and grandmother in China. When her grandmother’s health deteriorates, Jialai returns to Shanghai, but when she arrives, her grandmother has already died, and she is left alone with her mother. A devout Buddhist, her mother seems to pay more attention to her daily prayers, Maoist past and dog Dongdong than she does to her daughter. She herself had been abandoned as a child by her own mother, when she divorced Jialai’s grandfather and moved to the city.

Pāragate (2023) is a documentary film directed by Jialai Wang, released on November 11, 2023 with a runtime of 1h 12m. It stars Guihua Wang and Shufang Chen. Viewers rate it 6.0 out of 10 across 1 ratings.