Korean Movie : Mother

VIP screening of Korean movie, Mother, on 21 May 2009.

Star who attended included Lee Byung Hun, Son Ye Jin, Kim Rae Won, Lee Min Jung, etc.

Korean Movie Mother

20 May 2009 press conference

Source

Director Bong Jun-ho’s new film “Mother” has been sold to four countries at the Cannes Film Market. An official of film company CJ Entertainment has reported that “Mother,” starring venerable actress Kim Hye-ja and actor Won Bin, was sold to Portugal, former Yugoslavia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The number of buyers is expected to rise even more, as Brazil and Australia are showing keen interest in the film as well.

Moreover, a major American movie studio has proposed a remake of the film in Hollywood. CJ Entertainment says the deal may be finalized some time this year, if everything goes well as anticipated.

Director Park Chan-wook’s controversial “Thirst” is also faring well in the film market. Three countries have purchased the film in the first two days of the market. In particular, Spain and Brazil have paid the highest-ever price for a Korean film.

Korean movie Mother at Cannes Film Festival

Mother as featured on Cannes website

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.

Press kit download (pdf)
In english


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.

Korean Movie : Mother

Director : Bong Joon Ho (The Host)
Cast : Kim Hye Ja, Won Bin, Jin Goo, Yoon Jae Moon
Official site : http://www.mother2009.co.kr/

A Korean take on Japanese movie, I Just Didn't Do it ?
But with the emphasis shifted to the mother of the wrongly accused innocent, hence, the title.

Press conference today 27 April 2009.









The boyish Won Bin definitely looks much younger than 33.

Korean movie, Mother, trailer + 2 press conference videos.

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