The story of a mother setting out on a lonely fight to clear her son of a murder charge.
This film also provides the opportunity to rethink the relationship between mother and child.
I present to you,
"Mother - 2009".
Hye-ja runs the local apothecary and lives with her son, Do-jun, who is all she has in the world.
Do-jun isn't the brightest of the litter.
Small accidents follow him wherever he goes, barely allowing any time for him to ease his mother's mind.
Perhaps this is why Hye-ja is all the more attached to her son.
But a horrible accident occurs in this small town and Hye-ja's world comes crumbling down.
Do-jun is charged with the murder of a young woman.
Hye-ja does everything she can to clear her son's name.
"Mother - 2009" has taken that everyday name and turned it into a very special movie.
[Interview :
Bong Joon-ho Director of
"Mother - 2009"] "Exactly how far would a mother go for her child
[Interview :
Kim Hye-ja Plays "Hye-ja" in Mother ] "Director Bong really woke up my "acting muscles", which had fallen asleep. So I tried to be as true as I could to the role".
Director
Bong Joon-ho has become one of Korea's top screenwriters and directors with just three full length films.
The
Bong Joon-ho brand is enough to make
"Mother - 2009" one of the most highly anticipated films of 2009.
The cry of a woman who put everything into raising her son.
What happens when your child gets involved in a murder case
