She'll stop at nothing.
A mother lives quietly with her son. One day, a girl is brutally killed, and the boy is charged with the murder. Now, it's his mother's mission to prove him innocent.
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Jul 20237/10
This is a corking film from Bong Joon Ho with an equally super performance from Hye-ja Kim as the "Mother". Her son "Soon Do-joon" (Won Bin) is accused of murdering a young girl. The police seem convinced of his guilt and her lawyer suggests he be detained in an hospital - rather than a prison - so she sets out, determinedly, to establish his innocence. As she takes to her task, she soon becomes obsessed, her own mental stability begins to wobble and we are drawn into a dark, almost sombre, crime thriller. It has plenty of twists and turns, and by the end (which comes pretty much from the left field) I almost felt exhausted. This is as engrossing a film as I've seen in many years, with an excellent (almost Andalusian in style) accompanying score - well worth watching. (Maybe less so if you are not so keen on acupuncture needles!)
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Cast
- Kim Hye-jaMother
- Won BinYoon Do-joon
- Jin GooJin-tae
- Yoon Je-moonJe-moon
- Jeon Mi-seonMi-seon
- Song Sae-byukSepak Takraw Detective
- Lee Young-sukElder at Junk Shop
- Moon Hee-raMoon Ah-jeong
- Chun Woo-heeMi-na
- Kim Byeong-soonPolice Group Leader
Crew
- Bong Joon HoDirector
- Bong Joon HoScreenplay
- Park Eun-kyoScreenplay
- Hong Kyung-pyoDirector of Photography
- Lee Byung-wooOriginal Music Composer
- Moon Se-kyoungEditor
- Kim Mi-youngEditor
- Seo Woo-sikProducer
- Park Tae-joonProducer
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