Goodbye Mom

Goodbye Mom (Korean: 애자; RR: Ae-ja) is a 2009 South Korean comedy drama film written and directed by Jeong Gi-hun in his feature debut. Starring Choi Kang-hee and Kim Young-ae, it depicts the story of an unsuccessful writer and her tumultuous relationship with her mother. A box office hit with more than 1.9 million admissions, Jeong also won Best Director for Asian New Talent Award at the 2010 Shanghai International Film Festival.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Goodbye Mom
Directed byJeong Gi-hun
Produced byKim Sang-min
Written byJeong Gi-hun
StarringChoi Kang-hee
Kim Young-ae
Music byKim Jun-seok
Jeong Se-rin
CinematographyPark Yong-su
Edited byLee Hyun-mee
Production
company
Sirius Pictures
Distributed byShowbox
Release date
  • September 9, 2009 (2009-09-09)
Running time
110 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$12.6 million[1]

Cast

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Recipient Result
200946th Grand Bell AwardsBest DirectorJeong Gi-hunNominated
Best ActressChoi Kang-heeNominated
Best Supporting ActressKim Young-aeWon
Best ScreenplayJeong Gi-hunNominated
30th Blue Dragon Film AwardsBest ActressChoi Kang-heeNominated
Best Supporting ActressKim Young-aeNominated
Best New DirectorJeong Gi-hunNominated
Best ScreenplayJeong Gi-hunNominated
Popular Star AwardChoi Kang-heeWon
201046th Baeksang Arts AwardsBest Actress (Film)Choi Kang-heeNominated
Most Popular - Actress (Film)Choi Kang-heeWon
Best New Director (Film)Jeong Gi-hunNominated
13th Shanghai International Film FestivalBest Director for Asian New Talent AwardJeong Gi-hunWon

References
  1. "Goodbye Mom (2009)". Korean Film Biz Zone.
  2. "[K-FILM REVIEWS] 애자 (Goodbye Mom)". Screen Anarchy. 3 December 2009. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  3. Lee, Hyo-won (27 August 2009). "Actresses Shine Thru Tears in Aeja". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  4. Song, Woong-ki (2 October 2009). "Aeja, perfect film for Chuseok". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  5. Kim, Lynn (9 September 2009). "New film Aeja selling most advance tickets". 10Asia. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  6. "Goodbye Mom (2009)". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  7. "Finecut dials up Love 911". Korean Film Biz Zone. 14 March 2012. Retrieved 2017-03-18.


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