Mum's Expecting

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Synopsis

At a time when birth rates are falling fast, a 53-year-old mother suddenly finds herself pregnant. A quiet family is thrown, unprepared, into a "battle to keep the pregnancy." What upheaval and change will the arrival of this new life bring them?

Genre:

Comedy, Drama

Director:

Zhang Shunyuan

Screenwriter:

Lin Peipei

Producer:

Tong Binyu

Production Company:

Yifeng Film and Television Culture Co., Ltd.

About the Director

Director, actor and screenwriter. Graduated in broadcasting, television and film, he tells realistic stories with dark humor. He has directed commercials, web series, short films and micro-films. He started acting on stage at 13 and at 26 won Best Supporting Actor at a Malaysian television awards. His short film Mother won Best Director at the SOSE International Film Festival, and Best Screenplay and Best Director at Malaysia's MDFA film awards, among others. His first feature as director, Mum's Expecting, was selected for the International Co-production Projects section of the 2024 Shanghai International Film Festival project market.

About the Producer

Actor and producer. Named one of Malaysia's Ten Outstanding Young Persons in 2014. The following year she moved from acting to producing, serving as executive producer of the crime film The Stalker. In 2018 she was both producer and actor on the Malaysia-China co-produced thriller Twins, which won Best Thriller and Best Actress at the Melbourne Independent Film Festival. In 2019 she founded Mengwei Film and Television Culture Co., Ltd. in Malaysia and began cooperating with the Chinese film industry as producer of Regardless of Life and Death.

About the Screenwriter

Screenwriter of TV series, web series, micro-films and films in Malaysia and Singapore. Graduated in broadcasting, television and film from Han Xin Institute of Communication. She joined Mediacorp's Malaysian production arm in 2009, beginning her screenwriting career, and in 2016 became a TV series screenwriter and script editor at Mediacorp in Singapore. Her credits include Blood Butterfly, Recipe of Life, Claypot Bak Kut Teh and Mind's Eye. In 2024 she wrote the Lunar New Year film Poker King, which grossed RM7.85 million and ranks fourth among the top 10 local Chinese-language films at the Malaysian box office.