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But as the grandmother only understands "chicken", she takes some of her melons and trudges off to the market to buy a chicken. Bringing back a live one in the rain, she prepares a home-made boiled chicken instead of fried chicken. When Sang-woo wakes up he sees the boiled chicken he gets angry, throwing the food away and cries. Later in the night he finishes the food because he is hungry. Sang-woo serves her the remaining chicken while caring for her.
The Hong Kong Arts Centre is set to present a series of screenings of independent films by Korean women, starting next month in Hong Kong. Co-presented by the DMZ International Documentary Film Festival and the Seoul Independent Film Festival, ‘Women Direct. ’ will feature 13 Korean films and screenings will take place from December 12 to May 25 next year in the Louis Koo Cinema and ... Jeong-won, who forgot the past and lives a peaceful marriage, receives a phone call from the police one day.
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Music is sparsely used but manages to fill the silences well with its moody undertones. Victims of sexual assaults may report the crime against them to the police, but often the perpetrators walk away unscathed, never caught. The victims try to push forward with life as best as they can, never really forgetting what happened to them but trying to lock up the incident in a remote part of their minds. But what happens if, years later when the victim has seemingly moved on, they find out that the perpetrator has been caught?
It was released on DVD, with English subtitles, in 2003 by Paramount Classics. But because of the fact that it is based on true events it wil emotionally move you. Since Jong-bae acted as his friend's guarantor, the debt now falls onto them. With Jong-bae gradually growing despondent following their financial turmoil, Jeong-yeon makes the hard decision to do a job for a seedy acquaintance. She agrees to deliver diamonds from Paris to Seoul, which she thought would be legal. Jeong-yeon arrives in France, but as soon as she sets foot in Orly Airport she is arrested and police discover more than 30 kilograms of cocaine in her bag.
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Jeong Yoon is a caring wife and mother and a sensitive woman who finds herself plunged into a legal ordeal thousands of miles from home. After years of planning, she and her husband Jong Bae open an auto body repair shop, only to see everything they've worked for stripped away when a loan Jong Bae had guaranteed defaults. Facing financial despondency, the couple gets into a vicious fight about money, sending Jeong Yeon away, leaving only a cryptic note saying she'll be back in a few days.
An avid collector of physical media, I would say Korean cinema really is my first choice, but I'll watch anything that is south-east Asian. I started contributing to Asian Movie Pulse in 2018 to share my love for Asian cinema in the form of my writings. A truly fine film from a debutante director featuring an excellent performance from a debutante actress. Many critics praised the style of the movie as well as the acting of the inexperienced Kim Eul-boon who at 78, had not only never acted before, but never even seen a film. The film went on to win the Best Film and Best screenplay awards at the Grand Bell Awards, the Oscar's equivalent in South Korea. It was also nominated for Best Asian Film at the 22nd Hong Kong Film Awards, but lost to My Sassy Girl, another South Korean film.
The Way Home (2002 film)
His mother is taking him to live with his 78-year-old mute, but not deaf, grandmother (Kim Eul-boon) while she looks for a new job after a business venture failed in Seoul. Eventually they reach their destination, a dusty bus stop in the Korean countryside near an unsophisticated village. When this fails to get money from his grandmother, Sang-woo steals her ornamental hairpin to trade for batteries.
When they are about to board the bus home, Sang-woo asks his grandma to buy him a Choco Pie. After getting caught at Orly, Jang was jailed near Paris for three months awaiting trial. Then, after being found guilty, she was sent to a prison in French-administered Martinique in the Caribbean. She finally returned to Korea two years later on 18 November 2006. Her friend was eventually arrested as well and sentenced to serve 10 years in jail. Jang's story was later featured on In Depth 60 Minutes, a KBS investigative-documentary show, in 2006.
In 2013, Jang published the book Lost Days, recounting her ordeal and her life after returning from prison, particularly her difficult re-adjustment to Korean society and the ostracism she and her two daughters faced. His transition from the loveable, doting husband to the confused yet supportive partner who wants to be his emotionally struggling wife’s pillar of strength but never quite gets to be is noteworthy, particularly in the aforementioned car scene. Seasoned supporting actors Yoo Jae-myung and Yum Hye-ran provide decent company to the two as Jeong-won’s uncle and aunt but it is Jung Da-eun’s understated performance as Jeong-won’s sister that surprises.
The story itself it very dark because it is based on true events . But because of the fact that it is based on true events it will emotionally move you. I cried, sat on the tip of my seat, held my breath and I could feel the despair and anger. It was almost like they were the ones who had been trough this all.
This is, after all, a story of a woman finding her way back to her husband and her family in the midst of a crisis she never expected to face. Despite the heavy subject that starts our characters’ journeys, “Way Back Home” is ultimately a unique love story. This is a truly fine film from a debutante director featuring an excellent performance from a debutante actress. Eventually Sang-woo begins to love his grandmother, but because she is unable to read or write he makes some simple greeting cards, so she has some letters from him. Finally Sang-woo's mother returns and he goes back to Seoul. His depth of feeling for his grandmother is revealed when the bus leaves and he leaps to the back window to wave his tearful farewells.
Sang-Woo then has to wait for his grandmother to return wondering why it is taking her so long. He then realizes that his grandmother has walked back from town carrying all her produce. One of the Grandmother's neighbors is a hard-working country boy who attempts to become friends with Sang-woo, who declines until the end when he apologizes for making fun of him. The other is a young girl who Sang-Woo falls in love with, but she is more interested in the country boy.
As Jeong-won’s past is revealed little by little, their married life quickly loses balance. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been criticized by Jang and the filmmakers for its handling of the incident, citing their "diplomatic negligence" and calling them irresponsible when it comes to protecting Koreans abroad. Foreign Ministry officials have insisted that the story in the movie is not the whole truth. It's a tough and emotionally destroying masterpiece that everyone needs to watch.
By now Sang-woo, who has arrived with junk food and toys, has no intention of respecting his mute grandmother especially as her house has neither electricity nor running water. His mother apologizes for leaving the boy, telling her own mother it will not be for too long before leaving on the next bus. Alone Sang-woo ignores his grandmother, not even wanting to look at her even calling her a byungshin, or "retard". She goes down the hill to get clean water and washes her clothes at the river.
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