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Mother Tongue

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Crime, Drama, Thriller

Overview

The story of a high-profile relationship between an Academy Award-winning actress (Josie Ho) and her much-younger partner, who has yet to find his true career path. The actress had a baby when she was very young, a daughter whom she was forced to give away because she wasn't financially independent and wanted her little girl to have a better life. But now that she's older, she realizes that it's time to find her long-lost daughter, now in her twenties, and hires a detective to find her. The mystery of what happened to her provides the film's drama and tension; also, the actress' partner doesn't know about her search--and the urgency and distraction of the search begins to erode their relationship, until he suspects that she's having an affair. By the end, the actress reunites with her daughter and salvages her marriage.

Cast

Josie Ho

Josie Ho

Josie & Mustang

Minami

Minami

Julian Sands

Julian Sands

Elaine Jin Yan-Ling

Elaine Jin Yan-Ling

Canon Nawata

Canon Nawata

Kate Sullivan

Kate Sullivan

Event Planner

Ines Laimins

Ines Laimins

Livia

Liviu Covalschi

Liviu Covalschi

Captain Keno

Crew

Mike Figgis

Mike Figgis

Director

Bruce Wagner

Bruce Wagner

Writer

Josie Ho

Josie Ho

Producer

Conroy Chan Chi-Chung

Conroy Chan Chi-Chung

Producer

Yip Shiu-Kei

Yip Shiu-Kei

Director of Photography