My Mother (2013)

My Mother was a short mockumentary directed by Kim Ki Duk, starring his mother and himself. I enjoyed this short better before I read about the late director’s problematic history which took much of the delight out of the film for me.

The story itself is universal. A son calls his mom and says he’s coming over. The mother lights up and though physically disabled hobbles to the store in order to purchase ingredients to make a quick meal for him. Mothers everywhere with children at any age want to make sure that they are well fed and happy. Any time they can see their child as they grow older is a gift.

The director's reflection was shown in the mirror while shooting the film when his mother is in the grocery store. My Mother was a sweet short film about the tenacity and generosity of a mother’s love, even for a problematic child.

15 December 2024

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I WAS SOBBING

I know, it doesn't have any music, story and the cast is just the director and his mother but these 1 minute 34 seconds made me feel sooooooooooo much....I know it sounds like I'm over-exaggerating but I seriously am not....The way his mother, despite her old age walks all the way to the grocery store and comes back carrying a heavy cabbage just to make jeon for her son, who's coming back home, shows us how POWERFUL mothers are....Every single day many of us blessed people who have their mothers, experience this...And we all are sooooooo used to our mothers being kind to us that we never even think of their hardwork....I tell my mom "iloveyou" several times, but I don't know if I'm truly being a good daughter to her....
I wanna write more but my tears are blurring my vision....I apologize for any grammatical/lexical errors....

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