| Mother Is a Whore | |||||||||||
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| Producer: | Mo Hyun-shin Choi Phil-sun | ||||||||||
| Screenplay: | Lee Sang-woo | ||||||||||
| Starring: | Lee Sang-woo Lee Yong-nyeo Kwan Bum-tack | ||||||||||
| Cinematography: | Cho Young-jik | ||||||||||
| Runtime: | 96 minutes | ||||||||||
| Country: | South Korea | ||||||||||
| Language: | Korean | ||||||||||
Mother Is a Whore 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]
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] [4]
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."