Please see below for information on the film, Mother, now playing at the IFC Center in West LA and at the Sunset in West Hollywood. Contact Jordan Lord at JLord@magpictures.com with any questions.
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Bong Joon-ho film, MOTHER
J. Hoberman's review in the Village Voice: http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-03-09/film/bong-joon-ho-s-mother-instinct/
"BY MILES THE BEST THRILLER I'VE SEEN THIS YEAR. Riveting and darkly funny, Bong Joon-Ho is a brilliant filmmaker."
-JOHN POWERS, VOGUE
"Go! As he previously did for the police procedural (Memories of Murder) and the monster movie (The Host), South Korea's sublimely talented Bong Joon-ho takes another venerable pulp genre - the wronged-man thriller - and enthusiastically stands it on its head."
-LA WEEKLY
-JOHN POWERS, VOGUE
"Go! As he previously did for the police procedural (Memories of Murder) and the monster movie (The Host), South Korea's sublimely talented Bong Joon-ho takes another venerable pulp genre - the wronged-man thriller - and enthusiastically stands it on its head."
-LA WEEKLY
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SYNOPSIS
Hye-ja is a single mom to 27-year-old Do-joon. Her son is her raison d'tre. Though an adult in years, Do-joon is naive and dependent on his mother, and a constant source of anxiety, often behaving in ways that are foolish or simply dangerous. Walking home alone one night down a nearly empty city street, he encounters a young girl who he follows for a while before she disappears into a dark alley. The next morning, she is found dead in an abandoned building and Do-joon is accused of her murder. Thanks to an inefficient lawyer and an apathetic police force, Do-joon's case is quickly closed, but his mother refuses to let this be the end of the story. Trusting no one, Hye-ja's maternal instincts kick into overdrive, and she sets out to find the girl's killer and prove her son's innocence.
Magnolia Pictures
SYNOPSIS
Hye-ja is a single mom to 27-year-old Do-joon. Her son is her raison d'tre. Though an adult in years, Do-joon is naive and dependent on his mother, and a constant source of anxiety, often behaving in ways that are foolish or simply dangerous. Walking home alone one night down a nearly empty city street, he encounters a young girl who he follows for a while before she disappears into a dark alley. The next morning, she is found dead in an abandoned building and Do-joon is accused of her murder. Thanks to an inefficient lawyer and an apathetic police force, Do-joon's case is quickly closed, but his mother refuses to let this be the end of the story. Trusting no one, Hye-ja's maternal instincts kick into overdrive, and she sets out to find the girl's killer and prove her son's innocence.
Magnolia Pictures
