Her Heart Beats in its Cage (2025)

监狱来的妈妈

Director: Qin Xiaoyu

Cast: Zhao Xiaohong, Jingqi Zhang, Junyan Wang, Zhang Haoyu, Liu Shuyi

After serving a decade behind bars for her husband’s death, Hong is granted a surprising chance to shorten her sentence—thanks to her work in the prison’s art program. Meanwhile, her son Lele has grown up under his grandmother’s care, never ready for the day his mother would come back. When they finally reunite, Lele meets her with nothing but distance and coldness. Caught between a lonely grandmother desperate to keep him and a world quick to judge former inmates, can Hong ever break free from the invisible chains of her past and find her own happiness?