Mother, Flower

Mother, Flower (2019), is a story of a woman who is struggling after a few months of delivering her first baby. Soo, the protagonist, is forced to leave her work because of her depression and having a hard time to adjust herself as a new mom to her newborn child. Because of my own inner fear as a woman, I started to interview women who suffered from Postpartum depression. During the four years of research, I've discovered that only 80% of new moms would have a natural "mother's love", which is forcefully expected to new moms. Furthermore, I wanted to talk about the “mommy guilt” that is tied to the social expectation that new moms have to face through my film.

Soo is forced to leave her work because of her depression and having a hard time to adjust herself as a new mom to her newborn child.

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Director: Eunhye Hong Kim

Country of Origin: South Korea

Year of Production: 2019

Language: Korean, English

Runtime: 15:53

Festival Year: 2020

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