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Mother (2009)

28/05/2009 (KR)Crime, Drama, Mystery2h 9m
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She'll stop at nothing.

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Kim Hye-ja

      Kim Hye-ja

      Mother

    2. Won Bin

      Won Bin

      Yoon Do-joon

    3. Jin Goo

      Jin Goo

      Jin-tae

    4. Yoon Je-moon

      Yoon Je-moon

      Je-moon

    5. Jeon Mi-seon

      Jeon Mi-seon

      Mi-seon

    6. Song Sae-byuk

      Song Sae-byuk

      Sepak Takraw Detective

    7. Lee Young-suk

      Lee Young-suk

      Elder at Junk Shop

    8. Moon Hee-ra

      Moon Hee-ra

      Moon Ah-jeong

    9. Chun Woo-hee

      Chun Woo-hee

      Mi-na

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7.0
    Written by CinemaSerf on Jul 17, 2023

    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...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageKorean

    Budget$5,000,000.00

    Revenue$17,112,713.00

    Keywords

    • small town
    • mother
    • rice
    • golf
    • murder
    • teenage girl
    • misunderstanding
    • cell phone
    • drunk
    • disability
    • needle
    • drunkenness
    • acupuncture
    • mental retardation
    • mother son relationship
    • human mystery