Mother
Hye—ja is a single mom to 27—year—old Do—joon. Her son is her raison d’être. Though an adult in years, Do—joon is naïve 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. (Source)
An asocial loser is framed as the perpetrator of an horrific murder and his hard-headed mother has to figure out who really did it to keep her son from prison. (Source)
A woman devoted to her son struggles to keep him from spending his life in prison in this drama from director Bong Joon-ho. Do-jun (Weon Bin) is a man in his mid-twenties who isn't especially bright and is easily led. Do-jun lives with his elderly mother (Kim Hye-ja), who loves him fiercely even though she has no illusions about his abilities or his bad habits. Do-jun spends much of his spare time with Jin-tae (Jin Gu), a borderline criminal who takes advantage of Do-jun's credulous nature, much to his mother's annoyance. When Do-jun is arrested by police and accused of the murder of a young woman, his mother is certain he couldn't have done it and sets out to prove her son's innocence to police detectives, who seem more interested in closing the case than researching other possible leads. At first, mother feels certain that Jin-tae has framed her son to avoid being punished himself, but as she digs deeper she suspects the truth is more complicated. Madeo (aka Mother) was an official selection at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. - Mark Deming, All Movie Guide (Source)
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