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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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Directed by Bong Joon Ho
Kim Hye-ja
Won Bin
Jin Goo
Yoon Je-moon
Jeon Mi-seon
Song Sae-byuk
Lee Young-suk
Moon Hee-ra
Chun Woo-hee
Kim Byeong-soon
Yeo Moo-yeong
Jung Young-kiVideos
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CinemaSerfJul 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,… Read more
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!)