| The Mother and the Bear | |
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| Directed by | Johnny Ma |
| Written by | Johnny Ma |
| Produced by | Juan de Dios Larraín Niv Fichman |
| Starring | Kim Ho-jung |
| Cinematography | Inti Briones |
| Edited by | Valeria Hernández |
| Music by | Marie-Hélène L. Delorme |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Elevation Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Countries | Canada Chile |
| Languages | English Korean |
The Mother and the Bear is a Canadian/Chilean comedy-drama film, written and directed by Johnny Ma and released in 2024.[1] The film stars Kim Ho-jung as Sara, a woman from South Korea who flies to Canada after her daughter Sumi (Leere Park), who emigrated to Winnipeg some years earlier, is injured in a fall that has left her comatose, only to discover how much she didn't know about her daughter's life.[2]
The cast also includes Lee Won-jae, Jonathan Kim, Amara Pedroso, Samantha Kendrick and Susan Hanson.
The film premiered in the Centrepiece program at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival,[3] followed by a gala screening at the 2024 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival.[1]