The Rural Mother-in-Law vs. the Western Daughter-in-Law

Fang Junliang
Li Jing, Maria, Xu Ziqing
2008
Mainland China
Completed
Mandarin
95 minutes
Detailed introduction
This film (drama)Also known as土婆婆PK洋媳妇,is aMainland ChinaProducerwomen sex,At2008Released in year
。The dialogue language isMandarin,Current Douban rating5.6(For reference only)。
Dr. Wei Guo (Xu Ye) has been experiencing a string of good fortune lately. His Western wife, Emma (Maria), has invested in establishing a sci-tech trading company, with her husband Wei Guo as the chairman. Furthermore, Emma is about to give birth, and he is about to become a father, truly a double blessing. The issue arises when his mother from a rural Northeast background (Li Jing) comes to help with postpartum care, leading to a clash of vastly different cultural beliefs between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. The family’s new addition delights the mother-in-law, but the daughter-in-law has little interest in the pig trotters and crucian carp soup she makes, only drinking soda and discarding anything else her mother-in-law prepares. When a hired nanny, Lanlan, is dismissed—triggered by the mother-in-law's reluctance to spend 1,000 yuan a month for nanny services—new problems arise. Emma wants to use diapers for the baby, while the mother-in-law insists on using traditional cloth diapers she has made. Faced with this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law dispute, Wei Guo has no choice but to step in...