Leftover Women
Leftover Women
Leftover Women
Leftover Women
Leftover Women
Leftover Women
Leftover Women

Leftover Women

Origin
Israel
Movie genre
Entry
CZK 40–80
Length
85 min
Director
Hilla Medalia, Shosh Shlam
Release
2019
Takes place during
Rating
78 %

Unmarried Chinese women of around 30 are labelled shengnu – leftover. Until they find a husband they face both the open contempt of the Chinese government and the stifling judgement of society and even their closest relatives. Three young, educated, successful women – lawyer Qui Hua Mei, professor Gai Qi and state radio employee Xu Min – are each in their own way coming to terms with the expectations surrounding them, according to which they should have started a family years ago. Their age makes them undesirable on the Chinese marriage market. Still they try to find partners who meet their criteria. Three personal dramas play out against a backdrop of policies that rigidly define the role of women in society and the country, where looking for a happy life is a decision made collectively not individually.

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