Jasmine Women is an effort “dedicated to all mothers”, as its opening credits assert.
It is about three generations of women in a family—Mo in the 1930s, Li in the 1950s and Hua in the 1980s—who seemingly inherit a genetic ill-fate with men. Their story is told in three chapters: ‘Grandmother’, ‘Mother’, ‘Daughter’. Collectively, their names make up the word ‘mo li hua’ or ‘jasmine’.
~~ Adapted from the novel “Fu Nv
