A Mother's Burden

In Song Dynasty China, a young servant of a magistrate searches for the killers of a mentally-disabled boy shunned by the community.

China, during the Song Dynasty. In a small town, an intellectually-disabled boy is found dead. All signs point to his mother, a poor and ailing widow, as the one who caused his death. She even confesses in court.

But as Liu Yong, the lowly attendant of the magistrate, delves deeper, he finds that things may not be what they seem. The young man’s …