It was worth the wait. A delightful thriller in which mentally challenged Yoon Do-joon lives at home with his mother, who barely makes ends meet as a supplier of medicinal herbs and an unlicensed acupuncturist.
The mother appears to be a mild sort of person, almost frightened of her own shadow, but, as the saying has it, when her child is threatened she is a veritable lionness.
At first she believes the threat comes from Yoon Do-joon's hustler best friend, Jin-tae (played by rather beautiful actor Ku Jin), but gradually a far greater threat is posed by the police and judicial systems.
There are exquisite, painterly shots in this film, when we suddenly leave behind these human troubles and find ourselves in strange and beautiful Korean landscapes.
But no matter how enticing the landscapes and how good the other players, this is unquestionably Hye-ja Kim's film, her performance as the Mother a towering triumph.
While daddies always have their little girls, it is reputed that boys are always closer to their mothers. This delightful film makes hay with that notion.
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