Mother (2009 film)

Mother
Theatrical poster
Hangul
마더
Revised RomanizationMadeo
McCune–ReischauerMadŏ
Directed byBong Joon-ho
Written byBong Joon-ho
Park Eun-kyo
Produced byChoi Jae-won
Seo Woo-sik
Starring
CinematographyHong Kyung-pyo
Edited byMoon Sae-kyung
Music byLee Byung-woo
Production
companies
CJ Entertainment
Barunson
Distributed byCJ Entertainment
Release dates
  • 16 May 2009 (2009-05-16) (Cannes)
  • 28 May 2009 (2009-05-28) (South Korea)
Running time
128 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
BudgetUS$5 million
Box officeUS$17.1 million[1]

Mother (Korean마더; RRMadeo) is a 2009 South Korean neo-noir thriller film directed by Bong Joon-ho, starring Kim Hye-ja and Won Bin. The plot follows a mother who, after her intellectually disabled son is accused of the murder of a young girl, attempts to find the true killer to get her son freed.

The film premiered on 16 May 2009 at the Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section, and was released in South Korea on 28 May 2009. It received acclaim from critics, who praised Kim's performance, direction, screenplay, and the film's uniqueness.

  1. ^ "Mother (2010)" Archived 5 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 13 August 2013.