16-year-old Jang Ji-Gu (Seo Young-Joo) takes care of his ill grandfather, while he hangs out with other troubled kids. He was abandoned by his parents at an early age. After another run in with the law, Jang Ji-Gu is sent to a detention center. One day, Jang Ji-Gu hears that his mother Hyo-Seung (Lee Jung-Hyun) has come for him at the detention center. Hyo-Seung had Jang Ji-Gu at the age of 17 and gave him up soon after birth. Can they repair their relationship?... (Full plot summary below)
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16-year-old Jang Ji-Gu (Seo Young-Joo) takes care of his ill grandfather, while he hangs out with other troubled kids. He was abandoned by his parents at an early age. After another run in with the law, Jang Ji-Gu is sent to a detention center. One day, Jang Ji-Gu hears that his mother Hyo-Seung (Lee Jung-Hyun) has come for him at the detention center. Hyo-Seung had Jang Ji-Gu at the age of 17 and gave him up soon after birth. Can they repair their relationship?
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| Eye for FilmAmber WilkinsonThough it was written after an invitation from the National Human Rights Commission of Korea to direct a film on the human rights of offenders, the issues are never allowed to over-shadow the moving journey of the characters. |
| The Film StageJohn FinkObservation and restrained, Juvenile Offender is mature and subtle, although quite frustrating. |
| User ReviewChing TThis movie messes with my mind as I have a very distinct idea of Asian model minority. This story of a teenage boy who was conceived by an unwed teenage mom, who in turn fathers a baby out if wedlock with his teenage girlfriend is incredibly disturbing to me. Both son and mother are stuck in constant dead end jobs while lying and swindling to survive. THIS just ...doesn't happen within Asian community. I need to think about this, over one my obvious personal stereotype, to accept the entire premise of this film. The resulting consequences to these juvenile dilenquents seems rather perjorative and therefore a contrived lesson to reinforce the Asian ethic of studying hard in order to have a good life. |
| User ReviewIris LThis is a real gem. It's a Korean film about a troubled 16 year old juvenile delinquent whose mother (who gave birth to him as a teenager) resurfaces just after his grandfather, who had been raising, passes away. It's a familiar trope and contains SOME of the expected beats but goes into some surprising directions that's both realistic and poetic, in a way. It actually feels like a Korean Dardenne Brothers movie. The two lead actors are both outstanding. This is another festival film to keep an eye out on. |
| User ReviewBen HA painful film to watch mostly cause the characters won't grow up... |
