Mother (2009)

R05/28/2009Crime, 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. Cast 1

    Kim Hye-ja

    Mother

  2. Cast 1

    Won Bin

    Yoon Do-joon

  3. Cast 1

    Jin Goo

    Jin-tae

  4. Cast 1

    Yoon Je-moon

    Je-moon

  5. Cast 1

    Jeon Mi-seon

    Mi-seon

  6. Cast 1

    Song Sae-byuk

    Sepak Takraw Detective

  7. Cast 1

    Lee Young-suk

    Elder at Junk Shop

  8. Cast 1

    Moon Hee-ra

    Moon Ah-jeong

  9. Cast 1

    Chun Woo-hee

    Mi-na

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...