Mother (2009)
(Madeo)
Country: KOR
Technical: col/2.35:1 128m
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Cast: Kim Hye-ja, Won Bin, Jin Ku
Synopsis:
Convinced that her simpleton of a son is innocent of the crime with which he stands accused, that of murdering a schoolgirl, an acupuncturist and homeopathic store owner embarks on a vigorous investigation of her own.
Review:
Fascinating meeting of genres and film-making styles, poised between oriental horror and Maupassant irony. The central performance is mesmerising, the scenario well constructed and constantly surprising, with some sickening jolts for the unsuspecting. The film probes the lengths to which parental devotion can go, namely to total self-abnegation.
(Madeo)
Country: KOR
Technical: col/2.35:1 128m
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Cast: Kim Hye-ja, Won Bin, Jin Ku
Synopsis:
Convinced that her simpleton of a son is innocent of the crime with which he stands accused, that of murdering a schoolgirl, an acupuncturist and homeopathic store owner embarks on a vigorous investigation of her own.
Review:
Fascinating meeting of genres and film-making styles, poised between oriental horror and Maupassant irony. The central performance is mesmerising, the scenario well constructed and constantly surprising, with some sickening jolts for the unsuspecting. The film probes the lengths to which parental devotion can go, namely to total self-abnegation.
(Madeo)
Country: KOR
Technical: col/2.35:1 128m
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Cast: Kim Hye-ja, Won Bin, Jin Ku
Synopsis:
Convinced that her simpleton of a son is innocent of the crime with which he stands accused, that of murdering a schoolgirl, an acupuncturist and homeopathic store owner embarks on a vigorous investigation of her own.
Review:
Fascinating meeting of genres and film-making styles, poised between oriental horror and Maupassant irony. The central performance is mesmerising, the scenario well constructed and constantly surprising, with some sickening jolts for the unsuspecting. The film probes the lengths to which parental devotion can go, namely to total self-abnegation.