Don't Cry Mommy

Don't Cry Mommy (Korean: 돈 크라이 마미; RR: Don keurai Mami) is a 2012 South Korean crime drama film directed by Kim Yong-han. The story was about a mother's revenge against her daughter's rapists.[2] It premiered at the 2012 Busan International Film Festival before its theatrical release.[3]

Don't Cry Mommy
Hangul돈 크라이 마미
Revised RomanizationDon keura-i Mami
McCune–ReischauerTon k'ŭra-i Mami
Directed byKim Yong-han
Produced byKim Yoon-oh
Son Yoo-jin
Written byLee Sang-hyeon
Yoon Seon-hee
Kim Yong-han
StarringYoo Sun
Nam Bo-ra
Yu Oh-seong
Music byLee Jong-soo
Seo Dae-yeon
CinematographyJeong Han-cheol
Edited byKim Mi-joo
Production
company
Cinema Golbangi Productions, Daisy Entertainment
Distributed bySBS Contents Hub
Release date
  • October 8, 2012 (2012-10-08) (BIFF)
  • November 22, 2012 (2012-11-22) (South Korea)
Running time
92 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box office$6,181,134[1]

The film was inspired by Kim Bu-Nam case. Director Kim Yong-han said he wanted to raise awareness about sex crimes by charting "the tragic course of the lives of victims and their families as vividly as possible. Sexual abuse is like devastating a human's soul."[4][5]

Plot

Recently divorced, Yoo-lim (Yoo Sun) now lives with her only daughter, Eun-ah (Nam Bo-ra). Upon arriving at her new school, Eun-ah is frequently picked on, though she has feelings for classmate Jo-han (Shin Dongho). One day she is brutally raped by Jo-han and his friends who threaten to upload footage of the rape online to keep her quiet. Unable to cope with the trauma she was forced to endure, Eun-ah takes her own life. As all of the boys involved in the rape are still minors, the law is helpless to prosecute them to the fullest extent possible, and they walk away with little more than a slap on the wrist. Despite the police detective Oh's attempts to appease her, Yoo lim was still filled with frustration and anger. Hence, You-lim then sets out to make the boys' lives a living hell. She was about to kill Jo-han first but when he lied that it was his friend's plan to rape Eun-ah, she went ahead to brutally murder the two Jo-han mentioned. When Yoo-lim realised that it was Jo-han whom was behind all of this, she entered his school and attempts to kill him, but police detective Oh, investigating Eun-ah's death rushes over to stop her. When confronted, Yoo-lim, having had enough of all she had to go through, makes an attempt to deliver the fatal blow, forcing detective Oh to shoot her with his gun, killing her .[6]

Cast

Awards and nominations

2013 Baeksang Arts Awards

2013 Blue Dragon Film Awards

Political views

This movie highlights the prevalence of sexual abuse throughout the world and how it goes unattended by the governments. In the movie, Eun-ah had to go through checks that made her insecure, despite very obvious scars and bruises inflicted onto her, to have the 3 boys released with no penalties, it depicts out the reality of how sexual abuse cases are treated.

Social views

The 3 boys showed no remorse at all after the incident. Despite prompts by the mother after Eun-ah died, they denied what they have done and all 3 stated that she was stupid to have resorted to suicide.

References
  1. "Don't Cry Mommy (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2013-04-05.
  2. Hong, Grace Danbi (18 October 2012). "Video: U-Kiss Dong Ho and Nam Bo Ra's Posters for 'Don't Cry Mommy' Revealed". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
  3. Ho, Stewart (28 September 2012). "U-KISS' Dong Ho's Movie 'Don't Cry Mommy' To Premiere in November". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
  4. Ji, Yong-jin (7 December 2012). "KIM Yong-han, Director of DON’T CRY MOMMY: Zoom in on Society Through a Director’s Eyes". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
  5. Park, Eun-jee (2 November 2012). "Three films zero in on the limitations of legal system". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 22 November 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  6. "Don't Cry, Mommy (2012)". The Chosun Ilbo. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  7. Sunwoo, Carla (16 October 2012). "U-Kiss' Dongho in hospital for pleurisy". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
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