祁岁与宋斯越从青梅竹马到步入婚姻,却因误会和背叛陷入困境。祁岁通过一台旧手机与过去的宋斯越联系,试图改变未来。然而,每一次尝试都引发新的变数,甚至导致祁岁父亲的意外离世。在绝望中,祁岁逐渐意识到,真正的解脱并非依赖他人,而是内心的释怀。。MOTHER TONGUE (母语) is a portrait of a Chinese American family in which the consequences of a mother’s decision to leave her young daughter in the care of a white American “homestay” family are slowly unearthed over the course of a family dinner. Inspired by the “parachute kids” he knew growing up, writer/director Johnson Cheng explores the emotions of a daughter who is allowed ...。