Jasmine Women (2004)

Jasmine Women 2004 / 茉莉花開 2004 / Jasmine Flower , Mo Li Hua Kai , 茉莉花开 ,

Jasmine Women is an effort ‟dedicated to all mothers‟, as its opening credits assert. It is about three generations of women in a family—Mo in the 1930s, Li in the 1950s and Hua in the 1980s—who seemingly inherit a genetic ill-fate with men. Their story is told in three chapters: ‘Grandmother’, ‘Mother’, ‘Daughter’. Collectively, their names make up the word ‘mo li hua’ or ‘jasmine’. ~~ Adapted from the novel ‟Fu Nv Sheng Huo‟ (‟Life of Women‟) by Su Tong.