Robot Mom

A child wants to be treated as a child, not as a trophy.

This movie is a memoir to myself of sorts, the story comes from the toxic complicated relationship between my mother since I was born from a pre-marital pregnancy. Ever since I was young, I felt that deep inside my mom treated me in an antipathetic nature because she had to bear with her youth taken away from her due to my existence. Furthermore, my mother raised me with the tiger style parenting.

Most parents in Asia encourage their children to excel in academic fields. Parents expect their children to succeed with the wrong motivation. The culture of boasting and comparing one child to another has become common among Asian parents. This makes children feel unloved by their parents. Conflicts occur between the two sides because of the clashing definition of parents' success and the child's.

Now, the child who is pressured to achieve these high expectations is now asking for the same thing from the mother figure at home. The figure who is most critical in giving advice, continuously encourages and prepares for their needs so that the children can focus on studying. While in fact, the child doesn’t want to constantly talk about achievements and success.

The work of housewives is often highlighted by television commercials by showcasing the figure of a housewife as an ideal worker. The perfection of the figure shown in the advertisement demands prime conditions from housewives who in reality are not perfect.

Through a satirical approach, we want to spotlight Robot Mom as a housewife who can provide solutions to all the problems at home with the AI features that can understand children's emotions and needs. Likewise with the twist at the end of the film, where both parties are shown to expect the perfection of one another.