Madŏ [videorecording] = Mother / Magnolia Pictures, CJ Entertainment & Barunson Film Division ; screenplay by Park Eun-Kyo, Bong Joon-Ho ; story by Bong Joon Ho ; directed by Bong Joon Ho.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 10307 | Magnolia Home EntertainmentLanguage: Korean Original language: Korean Subtitle language: English, Spanish Publication details: Los Angeles : Magnolia Home Entertainment, [2010]Description: 1 videodisc (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inOther title: - Mother
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | WORLD Mado | Available | 33111006006239 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A woman devoted to her son struggles to keep him from spending his life in prison in this drama from director Bong Joon-ho. Do-jun (Weon Bin) is a man in his mid-twenties who isn't especially bright and is easily led. Do-jun lives with his elderly mother (Kim Hye-ja), who loves him fiercely even though she has no illusions about his abilities or his bad habits. Do-jun spends much of his spare time with Jin-tae (Jin Gu), a borderline criminal who takes advantage of Do-jun's credulous nature, much to his mother's annoyance. When Do-jun is arrested by police and accused of the murder of a young woman, his mother is certain he couldn't have done it and sets out to prove her son's innocence to police detectives, who seem more interested in closing the case than researching other possible leads. At first, mother feels certain that Jin-tae has framed her son to avoid being punished himself, but as she digs deeper she suspects the truth is more complicated. Madeo (aka Mother) was an official selection at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2009 in South Korea.
Special features include making of, music score, supporting actors, cinematography, production design.
Kim Hye-ja, Wŏn Pin, Chin Ku.
A mother desperately tries to overturn her son's murder conviction, find the killer who set him up, and have him released from prison.
MPAA Rating: R; for language, some sexual content, violence and drug use.
DVD, NTSC, widescreen (2.35:1)
Korean dialogue with optional English and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English.