Mother (2009 film): Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
Tag: categories removed |
||
| Line 167: | Line 167: | ||
==External links== |
==External links== |
||
* |
* [http://www.cinepk.com/mother/ ver en cinepk.com] |
||
* {{kmdb film|10170|Mother}} |
|||
* {{imdb title|1216496|Mother}} |
|||
* {{hancinema film|Mother_-_2009|Mother}} |
|||
* {{Allmovie title|489454|Mother}} |
|||
* {{Mojo title|mother2010|Mother}} |
|||
* {{Metacritic film|mother|Mother}} |
|||
* {{Rotten-tomatoes|madeo|Mother}} |
|||
{{Bong Joon-ho}} |
|||
{{Asian Film Award for Best Film}} |
|||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mother}} |
|||
[[Category:2009 films]] |
|||
[[Category:2000s drama films]] |
|||
[[Category:Films directed by Bong Joon-ho]] |
|||
[[Category:Films set in South Korea]] |
|||
[[Category:Korean-language films]] |
|||
[[Category:South Korean films]] |
|||
[[Category:South Korean drama films]] |
|||
[[Category:South Korean crime drama films]] |
|||
[[Category:South Korean mystery films]] |
|||
Revision as of 01:27, 12 April 2014
| Mother | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Bong Joon-ho |
| Written by | Bong Joon-ho Park Eun-kyo |
| Produced by | Choi Jae-won Seo Woo-sik |
| Starring | Kim Hye-ja Won Bin |
| Cinematography | Hong Kyung-pyo |
| Edited by | Moon Sae-kyung |
| Music by | Lee Byung-woo |
Production companies | CJ Entertainment Barunson |
| Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
Release dates |
|
Running time | 128 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | US$5 million |
| Box office | US$17,112,713[1] |
Mother (Korean: 마더; RR: Ma-deo) is a 2009 South Korean drama film directed by Bong Joon-ho, starring Kim Hye-ja and Won Bin.
Plot
An unnamed widow lives alone with her only son, selling medicinal herbs in a small town in southern South Korea while doing unlicensed acupuncture to the town's women on the side. Her son Do-joon is shy, but prone to attack anyone who mocks his intellectual disability. She dotes on him and scolds him for hanging out with Jin-tae, a local ne'er-do-well.
A high school girl is discovered dead on a rooftop in town, shocking the residents and pressuring the incompetent police to find the killer. With only circumstantial evidence placing Do-joon near the scene of the crime, the police are happy with their cursory investigation and arrest the boy. His defense attorney is unreliable, and the police trick Do-joon into signing a confession, leaving him facing a long jail sentence. The police could not figure out why and who would display the girl's dead body on the rooftop where the entire town is in plain view.
The mother, horrified and unconvinced that Do-joon is even capable of murder, gets involved in unraveling the details of the murder and the background of the victim to try and prove her son's innocence. She scours the town, uncovering salacious details of the girl's life, allying with Jin-tae, who is surprisingly sympathetic towards her plight, and unsettling everyone around her in her determined quest for justice. The mother's investigation and search for the real murderer takes her to an old man at his junkyard.
The town's junkyard keeper reveals that on the night of the murder, he saw Do-joon attack the girl after she mocked him. In denial, the mother murders the old man and burns down the junkyard along with his body. Meanwhile, the police become suspicious of another intellectually disabled man and arrest him for the murder, freeing Do-joon. Do-joon confides in his mother that the girl's body was left in plain view on the rooftop so that bystanders might bring her some medical assistance. He gives her the box of acupuncture needles that she left at the junkyard, warning her to be more careful in the future.
The film ends with the mother self-administering an acupuncture needle to a point she has earlier claimed causes memory loss, in order to forget what she, and her son, have done. She joins other parents in a dance on the tour bus she is on, indicating that the treatment may have worked.
Cast
- Kim Hye-ja as Mother
- Won Bin as Do-joon
- Jin Goo as Jin-tae
- Yoon Je-moon as Je-moon
Release
Mother competed in the Un Certain Regard category at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.[2] Mother attracted 3,003,785 admissions nationwide and grossed a total of US$16,283,879 in South Korea, becoming the 6th most attended domestic film of 2009, and 10th overall.[3][4] The film had its U.S. premiere in February 2010 as part of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and received a limited U.S. theatrical release in March 2010.[5]
Awards and nominations
The film was selected as South Korea's official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards.[6]
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Best Film | Mother | Won | ||
| Best Actress | Kim Hye-ja | Won | |||
| Best Cinematography | Hong Kyung-pyo | Won | |||
| Best Music | Lee Byung-woo | Won | |||
| Best Film | Mother | Won | [7] | ||
| Best Actress | Kim Hye-ja | Won | |||
| Best Cinematography | Hong Kyung-pyo | Won | |||
| Best Actress in a Foreign Film | Kim Hye-ja | Won | [8][9] | ||
| Best Film | Mother | Nominated | [10][11] | ||
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress | Kim Hye-ja | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Jin Goo | Won | |||
| Best Cinematography | Hong Kyung-pyo | Nominated | |||
| Best Music | Lee Byung-woo | Nominated | |||
| Best Film | Mother | Won | |||
| Best Actress | Kim Hye-ja | Won | |||
| Best Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho, Park Eun-kyo | Won | |||
| Best Actress | Kim Hye-ja | Won | [12] | ||
| Best Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho, Park Eun-kyo | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Jin Goo | Won | [13] | ||
| Best Film | Mother | Won | [14][15] | ||
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress | Kim Hye-ja | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Jin Goo | Won | |||
| Best Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho, Park Eun-kyo | Nominated | |||
| Best Cinematography | Hong Kyung-pyo | Nominated | |||
| Best Lighting | Choi Cheol-su, Park Dong-sun | Won | |||
| Best Music | Lee Byung-woo | Nominated | |||
| Silver Medal Cinematography | Hong Kyung-pyo | Won | |||
| SIGNIS Award | Mother | Won | [16] | ||
| Best Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho, Park Eun-kyo | Won | |||
| Best Actress | Kim Hye-ja | Won | [17] | ||
| Best Actress | Kim Hye-ja | Won | [18] | ||
| Best Foreign Picture | Mother | Won | [19] | ||
| 2010 | Best Film | Mother | Won | [20] | |
| Best Actress | Kim Hye-ja | Won | |||
| Best East Meets West Cinema Award | Mother | Won | [21] | ||
| Best Film | Mother | Won | [22] | ||
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress | Kim Hye-ja | Won | |||
| Best Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho, Park Eun-kyo | Won | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Won Bin | Nominated | |||
| Best Editing | Moon Sae-kyung | Nominated | |||
| Best Foreign Culture Film of the Year | Mother | Won | [23] | ||
| Best International Director | Bong Joon-ho | Won | |||
| Best International Film | Mother | Won | |||
| Best International Drama (Asia) | Mother | Won | |||
| Best Foreign Language Film | Mother | Won | [24] | ||
| Runner-up, Best Foreign Language Film | Mother | Won | [25] | ||
| Best Actress | Kim Hye-ja | Won | [26][27] | ||
| Runner-up, Best Foreign Language Film | Mother | Won | |||
| Best Foreign Language Film | Mother | Won | [28] | ||
| 2011 | Best Foreign Language Film | Mother | Won | [29] | |
| Grand Prix | Mother | Nominated |
References
- ^ "Mother (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2013-08-13.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Mother". Festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
- ^ "The Best Selling Films of 2009". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2013-08-13.
- ^ "South Korea Box Office: August 7–9, 2009". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2013-08-13.
- ^ "Exam and Mother Take Top Honors at Santa Barbara Film Fest". Dread Central. 16 February 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ "Film Council Selects Mother for Academy Award Submission". The Chosun Ilbo. 11 August 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ Kim, Jessica (12 October 2009). "Kim, Ha win top film critics award". 10Asia. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ Lee, Hyo-won (6 November 2009). "Kim Hye-ja Named Best Actress in China Festival". The Korea Times. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ "Kim Hye-ja named best actress at Chinese film fest". The Korea Herald. 6 November 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ "Mother - Awards". Cinemasie. Retrieved 2013-08-13.
- ^ Han, Sang-hee (8 November 2009). "Grand Bell Film Fest Puzzles Movie Fans". The Korea Times. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- ^ Ko, Jae-wan (27 November 2009). "Kim Hye-ja wins Best Actress at Asia Pacific awards". 10Asia. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ Garcia, Cathy Rose A. (1 December 2009). "Ha Ji-won Wins 1st Best Actress Award". The Korea Times. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ "Mother Sweeps Blue Dragon Awards". The Chosun Ilbo. 3 December 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ Kim, Jessica (3 December 2009). "Mother wins Blue Dragon gold". 10Asia. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ Ko, Kyoung-seok (15 December 2009). "Mother wins award at Argentine film fest". 10Asia. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ Ko, Kyoung-seok (16 December 2009). "Dir. Park Chan-ok named top female film figure of year". 10Asia. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ Kim, Lynn (17 December 2009). "Winners of Director's CUT Awards announced". 10Asia. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ "Mother named best foreign picture in Japan". Yonhap. 30 December 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ Ko, Kyoung-seok (28 January 2010). "Film journalists pick Song Kang-ho, Kim Hye-ja top actors". 10Asia. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ Ko, Kyoung-seok (18 February 2010). "Korean film Mother wins award at Santa Barbara film fest". 10Asia. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ Landreth, Jonathan (22 March 2010). "Mother tops Asian Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ^ Kim, Lynn (25 March 2010). "Korean pic Mother, stars win big at Green Planet Movie Awards". 10Asia. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ Morris, Wesley (13 December 2010). "Social Network is tops with Boston Society of Film Critics". Boston.com. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ^ Knegt, Peter (14 December 2010). "Social Network Tops San Francisco and Toronto Film Critics' Awards". IndieWire. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ Lee, Hyo-won (13 December 2010). "Kim Hye-ja named best actress by LA critics". The Korea Times. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ "Kim Hye-ja Wins Best Actress Award from L.A. Film Critics". The Chosun Ilbo. 14 December 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ Harvey, Dennis (13 December 2010). "Network scores with San Fran critics". Variety. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ Hong, Lucia (7 January 2011). "Mother receives honor by Kansas City Film Critics Circle". 10Asia. Retrieved 13 August 2013.