An avid collector of physical media, I would say Korean cinema really is my first choice, but I'll watch anything that is south-east Asian. I started contributing to Asian Movie Pulse in 2018 to share my love for Asian cinema in the form of my writings. A truly fine film from a debutante director featuring an excellent performance from a debutante actress. Many critics praised the style of the movie as well as the acting of the inexperienced Kim Eul-boon who at 78, had not only never acted before, but never even seen a film. The film went on to win the Best Film and Best screenplay awards at the Grand Bell Awards, the Oscar's equivalent in South Korea. It was also nominated for Best Asian Film at the 22nd Hong Kong Film Awards, but lost to My Sassy Girl, another South Korean film.
But as the grandmother only understands "chicken", she takes some of her melons and trudges off to the market to buy a chicken. Bringing back a live one in the rain, she prepares a home-made boiled chicken instead of fried chicken. When Sang-woo wakes up he sees the boiled chicken he gets angry, throwing the food away and cries. Later in the night he finishes the food because he is hungry. Sang-woo serves her the remaining chicken while caring for her.
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Lots already has been said and portrayed in films about the actual act of sexual assault and more still of its immediate effects on the victim and those around her. The emotions and their corresponding actions that Jeong-won goes through are very raw and feel authentic. These sentiments began to make further sense once Jeong-won’s younger sister features more prominently in the film’s second half. It is based on the true story of an ordinary Korean housewife who was imprisoned in Martinique for two years after being wrongfully accused of drug smuggling at a Paris airport. The title “Way Back Home” does seem confusing for a while but ends up being befitting as the movie reaches its closure.
The story itself it very dark because it is based on true events . But because of the fact that it is based on true events it will emotionally move you. I cried, sat on the tip of my seat, held my breath and I could feel the despair and anger. It was almost like they were the ones who had been trough this all.
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She also tends the melons that she will sell at the market. The story begins on a fine summer's morning, when Sang-woo (Yoo Seung-ho) and his mother board a bus to the country. It is soon clear that the unsophisticated rural passengers annoy the seven-year-old urban boy.
The two are trying to have a baby, with no success so far. Her quiet life, however, is thrown into turmoil one day when she receives a phone call from the police saying that the man who allegedly raped her ten years ago has finally been caught, an incident which she has so far hidden from Sang-u. Jeong-won struggles to decide whether and how to tell him after all these years, while her adoptive parents, Sang-u’s employees, who are aware of what happened, try to convince her to not keep her husband in the dark for too long. The grandmother goes to a shop that is run by an elderly friend.
Way Back Home (2013 film)
This is a stellar movie and surely worth a couple hours of your time. It took me a while to get hold of a copy with English subs but it really was worth the wait. If you don't like this feel free to blame me but realise there must be something wrong with you emotions, 2 hours of my life that I was glad to give.
When they are about to board the bus home, Sang-woo asks his grandma to buy him a Choco Pie. After getting caught at Orly, Jang was jailed near Paris for three months awaiting trial. Then, after being found guilty, she was sent to a prison in French-administered Martinique in the Caribbean. She finally returned to Korea two years later on 18 November 2006. Her friend was eventually arrested as well and sentenced to serve 10 years in jail. Jang's story was later featured on In Depth 60 Minutes, a KBS investigative-documentary show, in 2006.
In 2013, Jang published the book Lost Days, recounting her ordeal and her life after returning from prison, particularly her difficult re-adjustment to Korean society and the ostracism she and her two daughters faced. His transition from the loveable, doting husband to the confused yet supportive partner who wants to be his emotionally struggling wife’s pillar of strength but never quite gets to be is noteworthy, particularly in the aforementioned car scene. Seasoned supporting actors Yoo Jae-myung and Yum Hye-ran provide decent company to the two as Jeong-won’s uncle and aunt but it is Jung Da-eun’s understated performance as Jeong-won’s sister that surprises.
The man who sexually assaulted her has been caught and the news shakes up the couple’s life and breaks down their daily lives. This is a film that will make you question how such a thing can happen , you will be incredibly frustrated and angry , you will find it hard to watch and you WILL cry ... Before the end a credit notes the film is dedicated to all grandmothers around the world. They say the man who raped her 10 years ago has been arrested. However, Jeong-won can’t tell her husband Sang-woo about the incident.
As Jeong-won’s past is revealed little by little, their married life quickly loses balance. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been criticized by Jang and the filmmakers for its handling of the incident, citing their "diplomatic negligence" and calling them irresponsible when it comes to protecting Koreans abroad. Foreign Ministry officials have insisted that the story in the movie is not the whole truth. It's a tough and emotionally destroying masterpiece that everyone needs to watch.
Sang-Woo then has to wait for his grandmother to return wondering why it is taking her so long. He then realizes that his grandmother has walked back from town carrying all her produce. One of the Grandmother's neighbors is a hard-working country boy who attempts to become friends with Sang-woo, who declines until the end when he apologizes for making fun of him. The other is a young girl who Sang-Woo falls in love with, but she is more interested in the country boy.
This is the first time a Korean film was shot in the Caribbean, as well as the first to feature actual guards and prisoners as supporting characters. Filming took place over three weeks at a women's prison in Martinique. Because this is primarily a “human” film, the cinematography doesn’t attempt anything fancy but is content, just like Park Sun-joo’s script, in keeping its humans centre-frame. The different locations used are well selected and in a small scene, it was amusing to see and recognise the house that played a key part in “Moving On”, another participant at Busan last year.
The shopkeeper, who now has a bad knee, gives her five or six pies but refuses to take any money, so the grandmother gives the shopkeeper a melon. But when the grandmother returns to the bus with the sweets, Sang-Woo says he wants to ride alone as the girl he likes is also on board. The grandmother tries to get Sang-Woo to take the rest of the produce with him but he refuses.
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