Anytime a character hits their head in a Bong Joon-ho film I feel it in my entire body.
Cinemas
Directed by Bong Joon Ho
Mother
마더
An acclaimed, dark crime.
Crime
Drama
Mystery
2009
2h 9m
4.2(199k)via LetterboxdKim Hye-ja + 4 more
A mother lives quietly with her son. One day, a girl is brutally killed, and the boy is charged with the murder. Now, it's his mother's mission to prove him innocent.
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Cast & crew
6What people say
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Man that kid’s got an arm on him. What a throw.
Common questions
What is Mother about?+
When an intellectually disabled man is accused of a brutal murder in a small town, his protective mother takes matters into her own hands to uncover the truth and exonerate him.
Who directed Mother?+
Mother was directed by Bong Joon-ho, the acclaimed South Korean filmmaker known for his precise visual storytelling and mastery of genre-bending narratives.
