"She is not only my mom but also myself."
"I wish we could be mother and daughter again in the next life."
"For as long as I can remember, my mom has been a middle-aged woman, but no one told me she used to be a young girl."
Directed by comedy actress Jia Ling, the movie Hi, Mom comes from her sketch(短剧)comedy of the same name and reflects(反映)how much she misses her mother Li Huanying. Interestingly, the way that Jia shows her filial piety(孝心)is a bit special as she made up a time-travel story.
The movie stars Jia Ling as a daughter who finds herself transported back to 1981. Deeply saddened by her mother's death, Jia Ling meets her mother again in the movie and tries to improve her mother's life by using ideas from the future. While drunk, Jia says she feels useless for not being able to make her mother proud. But the mother says her greatest wish is that her daughter can be healthy and happy.
Jia Ling described Hi, Mom as a tribute(致敬)to her mother who passed away around twenty years ago. The movie has brought tears to a lot of moviegoers' eyes. It also causes online conversations on the topic of mother-daughter relationships, with people sharing old photos of their own mothers at a young age.
Many people thought this movie was a comedy full of laughter, but they couldn't help crying in the end. Li Huanying in the movie is the epitome(缩影)of millions of mothers in our real life. She is ordinary but selfless, giving her child endless warmth and strength without asking for anything in return.