1. Mother (2009) - KINO Rotterdam
The story of an overbearing mother that sets out to prove her son's innocence after a horrific crime is committed as authorities eye him as a suspect.
Hits from the Bong: Bong Joon-ho Kim Hye-ja, Won Bin, Jin Goo, Yoon Je-moon "Don't trust anyone." Mother might be the most underrated entry into Bong's filmography and one of our personal favourites. The story of an overbearing mother that sets out to prove her son's innocence after a horrific crime is committed as authorities eye him as a suspect, unfolds in parallel to the revelations about the past and the toxic relationship the two have developed. This is also Bong's most serious film in tone, palet and mood, with a fantastic central performance by actress Kim Hye-ja, who's famous in South Korea for playing wholesome motherly characters, twisting that image thoroughly with this at times hard to watch portrait of matriarchal madness. Korean language with English subtitles. 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. 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. We’re pretty confident in stating that Bong Joon Ho is a Rotterdam man at heart. Since his debut full-length feature, the Korean maverick director has premiered most of his films at IFFR and even when Oscar immortality was upon him in 2020, Bong somehow found the time to host a masterclass in our fair city. With two films in the making – his much anticipated sci-fi Mickey17 an...
2. Mother (2009) — The Movie Database (TMDB)
17 jul 2023 · 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 ...
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.
3. Mother | Rotten Tomatoes
A widow (Kim Hye-ja) resides with her mentally challenged son (Won-bin) in a small South Korean town, where she scrapes out a living selling medicinal herbs.
A widow (Kim Hye-ja) resides with her mentally challenged son (Won-bin) in a small South Korean town, where she scrapes out a living selling medicinal herbs. Mother and son are plunged into a nightmare when the body of a murdered young girl is discovered. Circumstantial evidence indicates the son's involvement, and he becomes the prime suspect during the sloppy police investigation. Betrayed by the legal system, the mother takes the law into her own hands to clear her son's name.
4. Mother (2009) - MUBI
A startling, slippery thriller fusing elements of melodrama, comedy, and horror, it stars the stunning Hye-ja Kim as one of the most unforgettable mothers in ...
A widow lives quietly with her mentally challenged son in a small South Korean town. They’re plunged into a nightmare when a girl is brutally murdered, and the son is the prime suspect. Betrayed by the legal system, the mother takes the law into her own hands to clear her son’s name.
5. International Cinema Spotlight: "Mother" by Bong Joon- ho (2009)
27 feb 2024 · While “Parasite” or “Memories of Murder” are most definitely up there for me in terms of Bong Joon-Ho's work, “Mother” remains an all-time ...
Magdalena Kanecka discusses the beautiful directing of Oscar winning director Bong Joon-ho.
6. Mother (2009) | Cinemorgue Wiki - Fandom
Mother (2009) a.k.a Madeo Director: Bong Joon-ho A mother (Kim Hye-ja) desperately searches for the killer who framed her son (Won Bin) for a girl (Moon ...
Mother (2009) a.k.a Madeo Director: Bong Joon-ho A mother (Kim Hye-ja) desperately searches for the killer who framed her son (Won Bin) for a girl (Moon Hee-ra)'s horrific murder. Lee Young-suk [The junk collector] Moon Hee-ra [Moon Ah-jung] Don't confused this with the 2017 film with the same name.
7. Film - Mother (2009) - KoBiz
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Widowed for a long time, a mother lives alone with her only son. He is 28 years old, a shy and quiet young man. In the aftermath of a terrible murder, the woman’s hopeless, helpless son becomes the prime suspect. There is no real evidence against him, but the police throw groundless suspicion at him. Eager to close the case, the police are happy with their cursory investigation and arrest the boy. His defense attorney turns out to be incompetent and unreliable. Faced with no other choice, his mother gets involved, determined to prove her son’s innocence.
8. Mother: Wonderful Korean Masterpiece Makes You Cry
9 okt 2023 · Mother,” directed by Bong Joon-ho, stands as an exemplary cinematic excellence, released in 2009. The unforgettable experience you will have ...
“Mother,” directed by Bong Joon-ho, stands as an exemplary cinematic excellence, released in 2009. The unforgettable experience you will…
9. Bong Joon-ho's Mother - Artforum
But in the larger scheme of things—that is to say, movies in general and Korean cinema in particular—Mother attempts something far more difficult and taboo: a ...
BONG JOON-HO’S MOTHER is not as great a movie as the director’s devastating police procedural Memories of Murder (2003) or as entertainingly edgy as The Host (2006), which pits South…
10. Mother (2009) Review - The Cinema Critic
14 aug 2020 · Time: 128 Minutes Age Rating: Violence, offensive language & sexual theme Cast: Kim Hye-ja as Mother Won Bin as Yoon Do-joon Director: Bong ...
Time: 128 Minutes Age Rating: Violence, offensive language & sexual theme Cast: Kim Hye-ja as Mother Won Bin as Yoon Do-joon Director: Bong Joon-ho A widow (Kim Hye-ja) resides with her mentall…
11. Bong Joon-ho's Most Straightforward Film Is Also His Most Terrifying
9 aug 2024 · Mother follows one overarching story from point A to point B, and it remains just as gripping as Bong's most ambitious films. His 2009 film is ...
The visionary director tells a haunting story of extreme motherhood.
