Synopsis
Widowed for a long time, a mother lives alone with her only son, Do-joon. 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 simply because there is no way he can prove his innocence. 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, making a conviction seem inevitable. Faced with no other choice, his mother gets involved, determined to prove her son’s innocence.
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BONG Joon-Ho Credits
BONG Joon-Ho - Director
Joon-Ho BONG - Screenplay
Eun-Kyo PARK - Screenplay
Kyung-Pyo HONG - Cinematography
Seong-Hie RYU - Set Designer
Byeong-Woo LEE - Music
Actors
Hye-Ja KIM - MOTHER
Bin WON - DO-JOON
Contacts and useful links
Production
BARUNSON FILM DIVISION - Jiye Park - 4TH FLOOR, BARUNSON B/D 93-8 CHEONGDAM-2-DONG, GANGNAM-GU SEOUL 135-517 - T : +822.546.1526 - F : +822 540 2718 - jiye@barunson.co.kr
Distribution
DIAPHANA DISTRIBUTION - Michel Saint Jean - 155 rue du Faubourg Saint Antoine 75011 Paris - T : 01.53.46.66.66 - F : 01.53.46.62.29 - michelsaintjean@diaphana.fr - www.diaphana.fr
French press
LAURENCE GRANEC & KARINE MENARD - Laurent Granec, Karine Menard - 5 bis rue Kepler 75116 Paris - T : 01.47.20.36.66 - laurence.karine@granec.menard.com
International press
PR CONTACT - Phil Symes, Ronaldo Mourao - Phil Symes & Ronaldo Mourao All Suites Garden Studio Cannes Residence Home Business Cannes Croisette, 12 rue Latour Maubourg - T : +33(0)4 9394 9000 - festival@theprcontact.com - www.theprcontact.com
Foreign sales
CJ ENTERTAINMENT - Heejeon Kim - 2nd Fl., 602 Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-893, South Korea - T : +82.(0)2.2017.1191 - F : +82.(0)2.2017.1240 - heejeon@cj.net - www.cjent.co.kr/eng
Won Bin, Kim Hye Ja and director Bong Joon Ho and Jin Goo attending the Cannes International Film Festival on 16 May 2009.
