Mother Is a Whore

Mother Is a Whore
Mother Is a Whore
	Film poster
Hangul	엄마는 창녀다
Revised Romanization	Eom-ma-neun Chang-nyeo-da
Directed by	Lee Sang-woo
Screenplay by	Lee Sang-woo
Produced by	Mo Hyun-shin ; Choi Phil-sun
Starring	Lee Sang-woo ; Lee Yong-nyeo ; Kwan Bum-tack
Cinematography	Cho Young-jik
Release dates	May 2009 (Kyoto); March 31, 2011 (South Korea);
Running time	96 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

Mother Is a Whore (Korean: 엄마는 창녀다; RR: Eom-ma-neun Chang-nyeo-da) is a 2009 South Korean drama film written and directed by South Korean indie provocateur Lee Sang-woo. It is based on a true story in Korea where a man was using his mother as a whore.^[1]

The film premiered at the 2009 Kyoto International Student Film Festival.^[2]

Synopsis[]

Sang-woo (Lee Sang-woo), who is HIV-positive, lives with his 60-year-old mother (Lee Yong-nyeo) in a small hut. Abandoned by his father Jung-il (Kwan Bum-tack) who left his mother for a younger woman, Sang-woo has no choice but to work as a pimp to his beloved mother to make a living.^[3]^[1]^[4]

Cast[]

Lee Sang-woo as Sang-woo
Lee Yong-nyeo as Sang-woo's mother
Kwan Bum-tack as Jung-il, Sang-soo's father
Yoo Ae-kyung as Jo Hee-soo
Jeong Tae-won as Jo Hee-cheol

Reception[]

Hangul Celluloid's Paul Quinn: "With its intelligently written and deftly executed narrative, Mother Is a Whore serves not only as a searing, bleak and unsettling tale but also as an in-depth critique of the concept of family."^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Mother Is A Whore, reflects South Korean reality". sify.com. 26 October 2010. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
^ https://netboardme.s3.amazonaws.com/published/1518/files/21862d8b5e02ad8ca08c1f09d61f6f17.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ ^a ^b Quinn, Paul. "Mother Is A Whore, reflects South Korean reality". hangulcelluloid.com. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
^ "Mother Is a Whore (2011)". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 23 December 2017.

External links[]

Mother Is a Whore at the Korean Movie Database
Mother Is a Whore at HanCinema
Mother Is a Whore at IMDb

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[sify-1] "Mother Is A Whore, reflects South Korean reality". sify.com. 26 October 2010. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.

[2] ttps://netboardme.s3.amazonaws.com/published/1518/files/21862d8b5e02ad8ca08c1f09d61f6f17.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}

[hangulcelluloid-3] Quinn, Paul. "Mother Is A Whore, reflects South Korean reality". hangulcelluloid.com. Retrieved 23 December 2017.

[4] "Mother Is a Whore (2011)". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 23 December 2017.

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