Mother Page #5

Synopsis: A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove him innocent or to leave him imprisoned.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Joon-ho Bong
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  37 wins & 43 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Metacritic:
79
Rotten Tomatoes:
96%
R
Year:
2009
129 min
$500,000
Website
1,896 Views


I should have been a f***in' cop.

Moon Ah-jung's cell-phone...

If those pictures ever get out,

lots of guys will suffer.

That phone is an atomic bomb.

She photographed them all

with her pervert phone,

those guys she f***ed.

It must be

two soccer teams or more.

So,

were you on the soccer team too?

How could you say that?

But I was actually

quite close to her,

in a spiritual way.

Back then I asked her.

Hey Ah-jung,

did you really take pictures

of all those guys?

Sure I did.

Hey, am I in there too?

Why? Are you scared?

You think I'll blackmail you?

Give me a break.

Me scared of you?

I'm sick of it...

What?

Sick of c*cks?

I hate all this.

I should throw

this damn phone away.

A perfectly good phone?

Just delete the photos!

I don't want to.

I'm sure

he's there among the photos.

The guy who killed her.

But that idiot Yoon Do-joon

sure got f***ed over.

Yeah, that retard

never even saw her panties,

and then he gets blamed.

That's enough.

Hey, I heard that

Do-joon sleeps with his mom?

I said shut up!

Does he just sleep?

Or does he f*** her?

What the hell?

Who are you?

Wait, don't move.

Tell me.

Is that really all you know

about the cell phone?

Not again...

Why don't you all leave me alone

for Christ's sake!

Well...

I remember

her saying something...

Like...

If I traded this cell phone

for rice liquor,

how many bottles would I get?

What, are you drinking

rice liquor now too?

Mom!

Mom! Visit!

Mom! Visit!

I remember! I remember!

Mom! Call mom!

Mom!

Granny!

Are you home?

Granny!

Granny!

Ah-jung sent you!

The money?

Is that it?

Is that all she sent?

By the way,

where's Ah-jung's cell phone?

The phone?

I already traded it for rice liquor.

You're lying.

Ah-jung told me

to be sure to bring it back.

That crazy tramp

keeps taking it back.

Look closely.

No, no...

He had white hair,

an old man.

I've seen this man before.

Hello?

Is anyone home?

Who are you?

Do you see me?

Have a seat.

But why have you come

to a place like this?

I'm from a volunteer organization

called Hyeminwon.

We provide free medical checks

for elderly people living alone.

For free?

We also provide

free acupuncture...

All sorts of things.

I've heard of them, Hyeminwon.

Since you're here,

let's have a chat.

It's cold.

I've seen you before.

I don't think so.

Maybe not.

Anyway stay awhile

now that you're here.

- You can sleep over if you want.

- You're quite a joker.

Are you sick anywhere?

No place in particular.

But my heart's

not so good these days.

Your heart?

Actually not long ago,

I saw something I shouldn't have.

At my age it was a shock.

I felt it in my whole body.

It's good that I came.

There's a meridian point

that can loosen the knots

in your heart

and clear all horrible memories

from your mind.

On the thigh...

Oh, should I take off my pants?

Just a minute.

I need to prepare first.

Anyway,

what did you see,

a traffic accident?

You're curious, aren't you?

I haven't told a soul about this.

Tell me.

I'll make sure it doesn't hurt.

You remember that incident

in this town a while back?

The murder case.

When that young girl was killed.

The house where it took place

had been abandoned for a long time.

I happened to be there that night.

Careful, it's hot.

Actually, I sometimes go there.

It's quiet there,

being empty and all.

But that night, that girl came in.

And behind her,

some strange guy

was following her...

You don't like guys?

You don't like guys?

Hey!

Do you know me?

No...

I said, do you know me?

Nope.

Then why...

I hate guys.

So don't talk to me like that,

you stupid retard.

Sh*t!

Hey!

Why are you lying there?

Hey! Are you hurt?

No!

You must have seen it wrong!

What's gotten into you?

You must have seen it wrong.

They say Yoon Do-joon is innocent,

that he'll be released soon.

They're going to

re-open the investigation.

Really?

That's what the cops said.

That's nonsense!

I saw his face with my own eyes.

It was him for sure!

Yoon Do-joon.

He threw that rock

and he made

these weird movements.

How could they let him out now?

Anyway they caught the right guy.

I better call and report it myself.

Those idiots...

Where's the number?

No!

Never, no! No!

No way, you trash!

You're not even worth

the dirt on my son's toenail.

What do I do?

What do I do? Mom...

Ma'am!

We caught the killer.

Do you remember?

I think I mentioned it before.

JP, who ran away

from the sanatorium.

He was... Where was it?

- Mt. Dogye.

- That's right.

They caught him there.

Anyway, on his shirt,

they found some bloodstains.

They analyzed it

and it matched with Moon Ah-jung,

so it's game over.

A golf ball can't

compare to evidence like that.

Why did he do it?

Well, he's not

what you call normal.

It could have ended

in attempted rape, don't you think?

Sure. But according to him,

it was all because of love.

He says he's Ah-jung's boyfriend.

And the bloodstains,

he says the two of them

were going at it passionately

and then she got a nosebleed.

Wow, that kid

can think pretty fast.

But ma'am,

Do you really

need to go and see JP?

Do you have parents?

Have you got a mom?

Don't cry.

Ma'am

Yoon Do-joon!

Happy release from jail.

Happy release from jail.

Happy being proven innocent,

happy release from jail.

Snap the picture.

Blow!

Ready, one, two,

- Congratulations!

- Here too.

When did you get this car?

I received some money recently.

Cool, huh? I ride it every day.

Does the tofu taste good?

Yeah.

What...

You didn't hear?

The junk collector's place

burned down.

They said he died.

Eat up.

Have some deodeok root, too.

What happened to the chestnuts?

I put in several.

Mom.

I've been... thinking.

About what?

That crazy JP,

why'd he put her body up

on the roof,

way up high?

Why think about that?

So I think,

maybe it was

so people would see her?

She was bleeding

she needed to go to the hospital.

So he put her in a place

where people could see her fast.

I bet that's it.

Attention, y'all.

Passengers on the

Thank-You-Parents Bus Tour,

Mom, take this on the bus to eat.

You didn't have to buy so much.

You can share it

with the other parents.

Don't leave it behind.

Oh, I forgot,

Mom. Here.

What?

I have something for you.

What is it?

Well... I found this at

the junk collector's burnt house.

How could you

leave this lying around?

Mom...

Hurry up!

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