The Taste of Pork Belly (2024)
Overview
A-Mao spends his days exploring with his little sister and his buddy A-Bao. When they are hungry, there are sweet potatoes and snails to eat, and sometimes they can eat some of the pork belly that his mother gets as a gift. His father cannot find work and is depressed, often drinking. Apart from washing people's clothes, A-Mao's mother prostitutes herself in exchange for pork to feed her family. A-Mao hears his parents quarrelling and he understands where the pork belly comes from. He starts to detest his mother and refuses to eat the pork belly that he once liked so much.
Cast
Esther Huang
A-mao's Mom
Tou Tsung-hua
A-mao's Dad
Huang You-kai
A-mao
Chin Tzu-yen
Mrs. Chen
Tang Zi-xian
Military police
Sung Shau-ching
Sound performance of military police arresting peopleRecommendations
Holy Lands
End of Sentence
A Dry White Season
Kid with the Golden Arm
Triage
Damage
The Safety of Objects
The Good Neighbor
Bastard Out of Carolina
An American Rhapsody
All Day and a Night
The Nest
Embattled
Suburbicon
Run
Battle of the Year
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out
Eye for an Eye 2
Not Without Hope
Invincible Shaolin