My Grandmother Is an Egg
Using a variety of animation techniques, including egg yolk as paint, filmmaker Wu-Ching Chang creates a stirring tribute to her grandmother who, as a T'ung-yang-hsi, was sold as a young girl to another family and raised as their future daughter-in-law. Forced to perform the household chores and denied an education, this hardworking woman found freedom through financial independence.
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My Grandmother Is an Egg
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Status
Released
Release Date
Apr 29, 2021
Runtime
0h 9m
Genres
Documentary, Animation
User Score
50%
Original Title
我的阿婆是一顆蛋
Director
Wu-Ching Chang
Description
Using a variety of animation techniques, including egg yolk as paint, filmmaker Wu-Ching Chang creates a stirring tribute to her grandmother who, as a T'ung-yang-hsi, was sold as a young girl to another family and raised as their future daughter-in-law. Forced to perform the household chores and denied an education, this hardworking woman found freedom through financial independence.