PentHouse Films

Mother was shown in South Korea for an Oscar, but unfortunately got a place among the nominees.

The film begins with a woman dancing in the middle of a wheat field, descoordenadamente. Despite the comic, who plays the Bolero makes clear that this is not a funny story. That's a song for a desperate woman.

Hye-ja is a single mother of Do-joon, 27 years of age. His son is the reason for his life. Although an adult, Do-joon is naive and dependent on his mother, and sometimes behaves stupidly or simply dangerous. He is a constant source of anxiety for everyone.

A schoolboy was killed near a deserted house at dawn, and the main suspect is Do-joon (Won Bin). Everything indicates that the poor Do-joon is the culprit, but the maternal instinct says there is more behind this story.

There are more, and it's always good to pay attention to what we see, because images can be deceiving at first glance. Actually, is not that the pictures fool you - they are simply meaningless until we have the whole context.

Personal Comment:

Bong Joon-Ho is a brilliant director. Prints horror of his dramas or drama to its horrors in a balanced way, without fuss. And this film, he still manages to give us a huge scare viewers with its unexpected end, and very, very shocking. There was not a citizen even in movies that did not take her hand to her mouth to see the resolution of the story.

I left the theater in shock.