Notebook from My Mother

2018 1h 43m KO

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9.0

MASTERPIECE

★9.0TMDB · 1

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Synopsis

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A diligent mother who runs a side-dish store keeps calling her son, a part time teacher, incompetent. The son resents his mother’s prickliness, but he isn’t very sweet to her either. One day, all of a sudden, his mother gets dementia.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Lee Joo-sil
Ae-ran
Lee Jong-hyuk
Gyu-hyeon
Kim Sung-eun
Su-jin
Kim Seon-hwa
Yun-ja
Lee Jun-hyeok
Jeong-ho
Yuha Lee
Kid's Mother
Ha Min
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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kim Sung-ho
Writers: Kim Min-sook
Languages: Korean
Countries: South Korea

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ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kim Sung-ho, shot by Sun Sang-jae. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Kang Min-guk. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Um Yoon-zu shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Lee Joo-sil and Lee Jong-hyuk and Kim Sung-eun carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Kim Sung-ho directs. Sun Sang-jae behind the camera. Kang Min-guk scores. Um Yoon-zu cuts. Produced in South Korea. Dialogue in Korean.

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1Released 8 years ago.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Kim Sung-ho, shot by Sun Sang-jae. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Kang Min-guk. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Um Yoon-zu shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Lee Joo-sil and Lee Jong-hyuk and Kim Sung-eun carry the top of the cast.
7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.