Korean cinema doesn’t usually mince story points, even when they involve the unspeakable things adults do to an innocent little boy, and writer-director Kim Seung-woo’s missing child thriller, Bring Me Home (Na-reul cha-ja-jwo), is not for the faint-hearted.

Shot in stark contrasts and laced with sudden, jarring plot turns, this feature debut abounds in psychological horror, even if most of the physical violence is saved for the end.

Starring a wonderfully unstoppable Lee Young-ae in her first big-screen role since Park Chan-wook’s Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005), the Finecut release should have a good shot at compatible theatrical markets after its premiere in Toronto’s Discovery section.

The film’s strong point is the cold-eyed, implacable determination of a mother to find her son, a motivation in no way diminished six years after he went missing from a playground. At the time Yoon-su was kidnapped, Jung-yeon (Lee) was a normal stressed mom who sometimes wished she could have time off from mothering.

A week, perhaps… But from the moment her son was snatched, she has lived to get him back, and lived with a sense of guilt.

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Release Date: Nov 27, 2019

Stars: Yeong-ae Lee, Hae-Joon Park, Won-geun Lee

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Language: Korean

Subtitle Language: English

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8123618/



 

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