South Korea's "Don't Cry Mommy" Movie Tackles A Controversial Plot

What will a mother do when she lost a daughter due to injustice system? This is excatly the main plot of South Korea's most recent controversial drama thriller movie, “Don’t Cry Mommy”. A tragic death of her daughter will push a mother’s fury to seek for revenge. Starring Yoo Sun as the mother named Yoo-lim peacefully faces a new life after divorce and is striving to make a living for her daughter, Eun-ah played by Nam Bo-ra (Glory Jane), a teenage girl whose tragic experience with young love triggers her suicide.

"Don't Cry Mommy" Information

Enrolled in a new school after her parents’ divorce, Eun-ah’s first experience in teenage romance turns into a nightmare as she becomes the victim of gang-rape perpetrated by those she knew in school that triggers her to take her own life. Directed by Kim Yong-Han from a screenplay by Lee Sang-Hyeon, the movie is based on various true accounts and tackles unapologetically the hidden problems in the nation. The movie also stars U-Kiss’ pop icon Dong-Ho as Jo-han who preyed on the innocence of Eun-ha along with his friends Pak Joon (Kwan Hyun-Sang) and Min-gu (Lee Sang-Min).

After all efforts failed to jail the minor perpetrators of Eun-ha’s death, Yoo-lim takes matters into her own hands even if it means breaking the law. The movie was scripted with Yoo Sun in mind due to her remarkably strong portrayals in her previous films. “There are so many emotional scenes in the movie and sometimes, I would be filming emotional scenes all day long, until dawn. It was very tiring but I had to keep myself emotionally charged for those scenes,” relates Yoo Sun.

Nam Bo-ra who’s known in Korea for being a ‘proper-mannered’ celebrity shares, “The scenes I had to film after the tragic incident were particularly hard for me, as they required a lot of emotional acting. But I’ve never personally experienced that kind of emotions, so I had to work hard in portraying those scenes.”

“Don’t Cry Mommy” opens on November 13 in local cinemas from Axinite Digicinema, Inc. Below is the official movie trailer of "Don't Cry Mommy".




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