A mother desperately searches for the killer who framed her son for a girl's horrific murder.A mother desperately searches for the killer who framed her son for a girl's horrific murder.A mother desperately searches for the killer who framed her son for a girl's horrific murder.
- Awards
- 44 wins & 47 nominations
Yun Je-mun
- Je-moon
- (as Jae-moon Yoon)
Jeon Mi-seon
- Mi-sun
- (as Mi-seon Jeon)
Song Sae-byeok
- Sepaktakraw Detective
- (as Sae-beauk Song)
Lee Yeong-seok
- Junk Shop Elder
- (as Yeong-seok Lee)
Hee-ra Mun
- Moon Ah-jeong
- (as Hee-ra Moon)
Moo-yeong Yeo
- Lawyer Kong Seok-ho
- (as Ou-hyung Yum)
Jeong Yeong-gi
- Kkang-ma
- (as Young-ki Jung)
Go Gyu-pil
- Ddung-ddung
- (as Kyu-phill Ko)
Jo Kyeong-sook
- Mi-na's Mother
- (as Kyung-Sook Cho)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhile filming the opening sequence of Mother's dancing, director Joon-ho Bong danced together with Hye-ja Kim to make her feel less nervous.
- Alternate versionsA black and white version (overseen by Joon-ho Bong) premiered at the Sydney Film Festival in 2015. The cut (and duration) remain that same, with colour altered.
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This is a decent film with a good plot line. However the delivery is slow and could be better. The lead character who plays the Mother, typifies a classic maternal figure. She dotes on her son and is constantly worrying for, and nagging her son. He sleeps next to her every-night and the son is the Mother's world.
When her son (the brilliant Bin Won) is accused of murder, the Mother fights for his justice and attempts to seek out the truth. At this point the story goes through a slow pace and a series of clues and knowledge is gathered, but the viewer is left wondering where this is leading and how this is going to progress.
Suddenly, the last half an hour of the film, the plot begins to get interesting again and we see the true characteristics of the Mother which is superbly portrayed. The conclusion of the film is somewhat shocking, but, on reflection of the entire film, is not surprising.
Overall, this has a good plot and is definitely one to watch, albeit slow moving at times.
When her son (the brilliant Bin Won) is accused of murder, the Mother fights for his justice and attempts to seek out the truth. At this point the story goes through a slow pace and a series of clues and knowledge is gathered, but the viewer is left wondering where this is leading and how this is going to progress.
Suddenly, the last half an hour of the film, the plot begins to get interesting again and we see the true characteristics of the Mother which is superbly portrayed. The conclusion of the film is somewhat shocking, but, on reflection of the entire film, is not surprising.
Overall, this has a good plot and is definitely one to watch, albeit slow moving at times.
- parasrajpatel
- Aug 24, 2012
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Box office
- Budget
- $5,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $551,509
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $35,858
- Mar 14, 2010
- Gross worldwide
- $17,271,439
- Runtime2 hours 9 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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