My Mother the Mermaid

Ineo gongju, feature film, 2004.

DIRECTED BY: Heung-sik Park

My Mother the Mermaid

CAST:
Do-yeon Jeon (Na-young),
Hae-il Park (Jin-kook),
Du-shim Ko,
Bu-seon Kim,
So-jeong Lee

SCRIPT:
Heung-sik Park,
Hye-jin Song

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Yeong-taek Choi

Synopsis:
Na-young does not have a very happy life. She works in a post office, lives with her parents and the only thing she has to look forward to is her trip to New Zealand. Her mother is a cynical and domineering person who hurts everyone around her with cutting words. Aside from being tormented by his shrewish wife, Na-young’s father does not have any opportunities to express himself and when he disappears one day, the wife does not show any concern for him. Nevertheless, instead of going to New Zeland, Na-young ends up in the past in the time when her mother and father were young and just met…

35 mm, color, 110 min

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