MOTHER TONGUE (母语) is a portrait of a Chinese American family in which the consequences of a mother’s decision to leave her young daughter in the care of a white American “homestay” family are slowly unearthed over the course of a family dinner. Inspired by the “parachute kids” he knew growing up, writer/director Johnson Cheng explores the emotions of a daughter who is allowed ...。程威是一个工作狂,由此使他的家庭生活慢慢失去了平衡。妻子林叶离家出走了,儿子叛逆,这让程威陷入生活绝境。他不想让儿子承担,便一个人开始了寻找林叶的下落。思远却知道了母亲离开的原因以及好友佳佳的死亡,给他沉重的打击,从此变得沉默寡言,自闭、抑郁。内蒙草原,这是程威曾经当兵的地方,他想在这里面对妻子和儿子,进行自我救赎。。晓舟博士毕不了业,无法跟女友结婚,为此他一筹莫展。林峰经营的公司濒临破产,同时,妻子在跟他闹离婚。晓舟和林峰本素不相识,却在民政局的离婚调解室,俩人不期而遇,互相帮助对方走出了人生的困境。。