A middle class couple living in Tokyo, Satoko and Kiyokazu lead a happy, peaceful life with their six-year-old son Asato. However, their life begins to falter when they receive a phone call from Hikari, a woman who claims to be Asato’s biological mother. True Mothers weaves social issues of teenage sex, youth problems, single mothers, and adoptive families into the lives of Satoko and Hikari, and persistently brings them to the fore with a keen yet warm gaze. The extreme difficulty of “becoming a true mother” as shown by Asato’s and Hikari’s mothers demonstrates that motherhood is not up to just one person. A film directed by Kawase Naomi, a filmmaker beloved by Cannes, True Mothers was selected for the 2020 Cannes. (PARK Sun Young)