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Motherland

Play trailer Poster for Motherland 2011,  1h 31m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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After a long absence abroad, a young Asian American woman, Raffi Tang, is called home when her estranged mother is mysteriously murdered. Raffi becomes increasingly distraught as she struggles with her mother's loss and gets drawn into a web of deception and incompetence.

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Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter Sep 28, 2012
Motherland doesn't fully succeed on any of its levels. But Doris Yeung's subtle and intelligent debut feature contains enough interesting elements to mark the filmmaker as someone to watch. Go to Full Review
Walter V. Addiego San Francisco Chronicle Aug 25, 2011
2/4
Yeung tries to mix a whodunit with a story of explosive family dynamics, but the effort succumbs to a weak script and a one-note lead performance. Go to Full Review
Mike Hale New York Times Mar 18, 2011
2.5/5
Plays like an artsy short stretched to 93 minutes. Go to Full Review
David Noh Film Journal International Mar 18, 2011
Besides its requisite thrills, the Asian-American experience has rarely been better captured than in this taut, sensitively drawn murder mystery. Go to Full Review
Prairie Miller WBAI Radio Mar 14, 2011
Francoise Yip is stunning and steel-willed as a take charge, not taking no for an answer, tough-talking sleuth. While subverting any vestiges of the meek China Doll mystique, in this too true for comfort crime thriller. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Doris Yeung

Director

Françoise Yip

Raffi Tang

Byron Mann

Michael Wong

Kenneth Tsang

Stanley Tang

Carl Irwin

Attorney Cooper

Walter Peña

Mailman

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Synopsis After a long absence abroad, a young Asian American woman, Raffi Tang, is called home when her estranged mother is mysteriously murdered. Raffi becomes increasingly distraught as she struggles with her mother's loss and gets drawn into a web of deception and incompetence.
Director
Doris Yeung
Producer
Taro Goto, Doris Yeung
Screenwriter
Doris Yeung
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 18, 2020
Runtime
1h 31m
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