Unmarried Mothers 未婚媽媽

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  • Feature Film

Hsiao-Peng is sent to a maternity home for single, pregnant women in this taboo-busting Taiwanese drama from 1980.

A group of women gathered closely around a swaddled baby in a hallway.

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Programme History
Content Note

Contains distressing scenes of abortion, sexual assault, misogyny, and forced separation.

Support

With support from the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan, and the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute.

Director Profile

Lee Mi-Mi
Lee Mi-Mi

Lee Mi-Mi

Born to a Hakka family in Pingtung, Lee Mi-Mi made her debut as director in 1972 with the Taiwanese-language film Pure Love, and went on to direct and independently produce the ‘Taiwanese Urban Female Trilogy’. She has also worked in TV on primetime dramas.